African apes are already being exposed to climate change impacts, and will experience extreme events such as wildfires, heat waves and flooding more frequently in… Read More »African apes face rising frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change
The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull—a claim that was previously contested but now has… Read More »Bipedal gait leaves telltale mark on skull, study confirms
A team of scientists has discovered the earliest gibbon fossil, a find that helps fill a long-elusive evolutionary gap in the history of apes. The… Read More »Fossil unearths early gibbon ancestor
A PNAS study led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) analyzed the kinship between two Miocene great apes (Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus) based… Read More »Fossil ear canals reveal kinship of miocene apes and ancestral hominid form
An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out… Read More »Giant ape extinction linked to climate change and food shortages
The human brain, as we understand it today, is a relatively recent development, emerging around 1.7 million years ago. This transformation coincided with the increasing… Read More »When and where did the modern human brain evolve?
A recent study led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) examined the kinship between two Miocene great apes, Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus. They… Read More »Inner ear morphology reveals kinship between miocene great apes
In the vicinity of an ancient mining town in Central Europe, renowned for its striking turquoise quarry water, lies Rudapithecus. For a span of 10… Read More »Fossil pelvis suggests deeper ancestral origins of human bipedalism
A recent discovery of a fossil ape named Anadoluvius turkae from an ancient site in Turkey challenges previous beliefs about human origins. This finding supports… Read More »New fossil ape from Türkiye challenges long-held ideas of human origins
Humans possess a natural inclination towards discovery and exploration. When confronted with unfamiliar objects or situations, we are driven by curiosity to learn and understand… Read More »Social cues and abundant food can lure orangutans to explore novelty
Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, Spain, recently published a groundbreaking study in the journal… Read More »Gorillas share genetic legacy with extinct lineage
According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of psychologists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of… Read More »Great apes and reciprocal food sharing: Study finds evidence of cooperation