Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

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Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The record of humanity is incomplete, but researchers discovered a well-preserved skull which calls into question assumptions ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

Wild sooty mangabey monkeys can bend the middle of their feet almost as much as chimpanzees flex their ankles while climbing ...

Humanity’s family tree is long and tangled. Scientists sort our ancient relatives into three familiar groups: Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Each of these is a “genus”, the rank just above a ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the expansion of the primate neocortex may be linked to enhanced visual processing rather than an independently growing frontal lobe, shedding light on the ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.

Researchers observed and confirmed with measurements that wild sooty mangabey monkeys in an Ivory Coast forest display foot bone flexibility that facilitates vertical climbing up skinny tree trunks to ...

Discover why some paleoanthropologists are calling for the reclassification of all human species and close relatives, like ...

The human little toe is shrinking, but not the way most people assume. A biologist explains relaxed selection, fused toe bones and why shoes aren't to blame.