Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

In the new study, Zollikofer and his team examined several teeth that were uncovered over 20 years ago in the Caucasus ...

A study comparing fossil skulls and great ape anatomy reveals how temporal lobes evolved in response to social complexity and ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Kissing is a big part of human bonding and social connection and associated with the release of oxytocin and dopamine. Here ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

Considering how long humans have been on Earth, it’s surprising that we have been scientifically studying our evolution for only 200 years ... which are the most ape-like in anatomy. Fossils of ...

Furthermore, that the development of this capability was key to the evolution of the human lineage from early in its emergence as distinct from apes. The earliest actual stone tool specimens ...