Learn more about the origins of language, and how our ancient ancestors may have developed it in a sudden jump rather than ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.

Kiyomasa, a 13-year-old western lowland gorilla at Japan's Higashiyama Zoo, has become an internet sensation after a video showed him sitting alone in a thoughtful pose following a reported ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates ...

He directed over 1200 episodes of television and over 50 pilots. He co-created “Cheers” and directed many episodes of ...

Once you start seeing natural selection as a constant, omnipresent, and sometimes speedy force, almost everything else in ...

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A new book draws on ethnography, neurobiology, and primatology to argue that our reduced sleep is not a byproduct of modern stress, but an evolutionary advantage. Sleep is no longer what it used to be ...

Summary: Laughter is a universal human trait shared by all living great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. However, the exact evolutionary trajectory of laughter, and how ...

Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species ...