Paranthropus was a strange prehistoric hominin that lived alongside early human ancestors across Africa for nearly two ...

A strange theory has reopened one of anthropology’s most fascinating questions: could a tiny, human-like species still be ...

Scientists say protecting primates and other umbrella species could conserve biodiversity, boost carbon storage and help slow ...

✅ Know Your Terms: Hominin refers to all humans, plus our ancestral species who walked upright on two feet (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Ardipithecus ).

Newer research suggests Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct between about 295,000 and 215,000 years ago rather than disappearing suddenly. As southern China’s tropical forests became drier and more ...

Your laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at least 15 million years, shared with our great ape relatives.

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter. In a new study, ape species more closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, were able to laugh ...

A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved. By Emily Anthes Humor is deeply personal. A punchline or a pratfall that leaves one ...

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to store samples from at-risk animals and plants. By Carl Zimmer and Catrin ...

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The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore populations and the habitats they depend on. It has seen some spectacular ...