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Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit.

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the ...

Fossil bite mark analysis with AI shows early humans were prey for leopards, reshaping what we know about human evolution.

Analysis - Our understanding of female-male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and ...

Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit.