For a century, this theory of human origins has died and returned. To free it from limbo, we must disentangle its many meanings

r/fundiesnarkuncensored is a Reddit community that monitors and critiques fundamentalist Christian, namely evangelical, content creators. Many members of the co...

Young female chimpanzees make their nests earlier and more often than young male chimps, demonstrating their independence right from the start, a new UdeM study finds.

Parent-offspring relationships can have profound effects on offspring behavior, health, and fitness in adulthood. These effects are strong when parents make heavy investments in offspring care. Howeve...

If one animal urinates, others are likely follow, according to a study of captive apes.

White-faced capuchins with a stronger stress response to previous droughts were more likely to survive a severe El Niño drought.

Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

Scientific Data - Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource

Reproductive aging in vertebrates is commonly characterized by an increase in reproductive performance early in life and a decline in reproductive performance late in life (i.e. senescence). However, ...

Whale life spans have likely been greatly underestimated.

Cambridge Core - Biological Anthropology and Primatology - The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity

We know vanishingly little about how long-lived apes experience senescence in the wild, particularly with respect to their foraging behaviors, which are essential for survival. Some wild apes use tool...