The story of how we became human is a complicated one that took millions of years to develop. Our species (Homo sapience) has lived alongside other human ancestor species through time. The 'how' and ...

Yes, humans evolved from apes. But that's not the most accurate way to describe our place on the tree of life, and it certainly doesn't explain why apes still exist. The question stems from a common ...

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Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of Warwick study reveals. The finding offers unexpected clues to how human speech ...

Today I return to the question I asked in my May post: what would neuroscientists say about the idea that dancing evolved as a practice for helping people exercise the very capacity that enabled them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study finds great apes share a laughter rhythm dating back 15 million years, offering clues to how human speech evolved. (CREDIT: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An orangutan smiling. "How did humans evolve the remarkable ability to speak? Speech leaves no fossils, and complex language ...