In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

The reconstruction allows them to place Pierolapithecus on the hominid family tree and improves our understanding of how the ape moved around Spain some 12 million years ago.

Using the evolutionary tree of apes to analyze and compare the size and shape of the semicircular canals and related features of the inner ear, the researchers identified several key nodes in the ...

Foley and Mirazón Lahr refer to the inferred evolutionary tree of extinct apes as “ghost lineages.” “Ghost lineages are species or groups of species that have not been observed directly ...

Studying its facial features could help us better understand human and ape evolution and the findings are described in a study published October 16 in the journal Proceedings of the National ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Humans Ape family tree suggests human ancestors weren’t particularly violent An evolutionary analysis of behavioural traits across primate species may shed light on the question of whether ...

According to the traditional scientific narrative, Africa was once a verdant idyll of vast forests stretching from coast to coast. In these lush habitats, around 21 million years ago, the earliest ...

Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick fruit in forests, but new research from the University of Michigan suggests a life in open ...

Or did they just float in a river?” By understanding past habitats, researchers can gain insight to the evolutionary pressures ancient apes faced. That was the impetus for the peer-reviewed study.

But until now, scientists lacked a complete evolutionary timeline that includes them all. The most recent and detailed phylogenomic tree assembled to date included 239 primate species.