A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating piece of the puzzle surrounding the origins of human language, suggesting that a ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

In a world increasingly shaped by secularism and scientific empiricism, a paradox emerges: the enduring belief that history has direction, meaning and purpose—a secularized form of providentialism.

How clans form and evolve within human societies ... observations can explain some of the mechanisms for the evolution of complex human kinships," says Itao. Specifically, they found that two ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...