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A 15-million-year-old clue in ape laughter may reveal how humans first evolved the ability to speak
What came first, speech or laughter? A new study suggests that humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans share a ...
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The fossil that broke the human origin story
Lucy, the famous Australopithecus afarensis fossil, still reshapes how scientists explain human evolution nearly 50 years ...
Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of ...
UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...
Cave art evolved in Europe 40,000 years ago. Archaeologists reasoned the art was a sign that humans could use symbols to represent their world and themselves. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons ...
Humans are the only species known to use fully symbolic language: a system capable of expressing abstract ideas, imaginary worlds and endless combinations of meaning. But how did we get there? The ...
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