A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

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 ...

Chimpanzees’ communication methods have captivated researchers for years. A recent study analyzing thousands of gestures made by wild chimps in East Africa has revealed striking similarities to human ...

Short snouts and a flat profile—within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly ... under intensive industrial breeding: skull size and shape comparison between historic and modern pig ...

In the video above, one of the chimpanzees decides a stick makes a handy weapon to ward off and whack his attackers. Chimpanzees and humans share around 98.8% of our DNA, making them our closest ...

The secrets of human brain evolution are beginning to be unveiled thanks to a recent study. Researchers have explored key genetic regions to understand what sets us apart from chimpanzees. A team from ...

Her team performed experiments on artificial brain cells from humans and chimpanzees to see which genetic features set us apart. Fast-changing chromosomal regions, known as human accelerated regions ...

challenging long-held assumptions about human migration and evolution in this vast, rugged landscape. Open the Youtube video These analyses have dated the Salkhit skull to approximately 34,950 to ...

The strange and unsettling items, numbering seven in total, included a horn with fur, a chimpanzee skull, a red, white, and black beaded small loaded cloth bag, a dried monkey face, a plate full of ...