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

According to the experts, humans will look a lot more uniform in the future. They predict the average person will have darker ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique conditions in different ...

The cheerful Duke Dennis is walking around, holding hands with an orangutan, and getting in the car like best buddies! Bet ...

“You can't get the chimps to spit in a tube and send it off to 23 and Me," said Arizona State University professor and study co-author Kevin Langergraber. He says the team found genetic differences ...

I loved it. YP: How similar are chimps to humans? JG: Chimps are really like us. Their DNA differs from humans by only just one per cent, their brain is made like ours, and their immune system is ...

Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, and most had known exposure to sick or infected animals. Avian influenza A viruses are very different from human seasonal influenza ...

On Tuesday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI models may surpass human capabilities "in almost everything" within two to three years, according to a Wall Street Journal interview at the ...

Language is often thought to be a uniquely human trait, but deep in the lush Kibale National Park in Uganda, a remarkable pair of chimpanzees are challenging that notion. Beryl, a chimpanzee ...