A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins.

The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

If you’re watching the person you love struggle to survive an illness, things aren’t going to be the same — for better or for ...

Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into ...

New evidence suggests that upright walking may have begun 7 million years ago, reshaping what we thought we knew about our earliest ancestors.

The youngest chimpanzees are the biggest risk-takers. Would humans show the same pattern if adults weren’t keeping such a ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly ...

The killer chimpanzee movie "Primate," in theaters Friday, delivers a woman vs. beast thriller with graphically violent ...