But with the advent of molecular studies it has become clear that chimpanzees share a more recent common ancestor with humans ... hole at the underside of the skull where the spinal cord enters ...

These fundamental distinctions, and the other criteria discussed in this comparison, can help determine which species prevail in combat. A chimp would win a fight against a human. Although chimps ...

Kent Professor of Genetics at the Yale School of Medicine, who led the study. Human and chimpanzee brain comparison. [Andipantz/Getty Images] Noonan’s lab is focused on understanding how HARs ...

(Early hominids, such as the Australopithecines, grew at a faster rate than modern humans.) This fossilized skull was the first Autralopithecus specimen. With a brain larger than a chimp's but ...

Modern human and archaic Neanderthal skulls side by side, showing difference in nasal height Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

CT/MRI skull and brain imaging data of a human (left), a chimpanzee (center), and a gorilla (right). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

During the course of human evolution, our hominin ancestors’ brains changed shape; so did the braincase, the part of the skull surrounding the brain ... and magnetic resonance imaging data of human, ...

they thought that perhaps the human genome could explain our unique traits. But a thorough comparison with chimpanzees in 2005 revealed we share 99% percent of our genes (though scientists have ...

American Journal of Human Genetics 68, 444-456. (2001). Consortium, Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis. Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome. Nature 437 ...