Apes

Discoveries Scientists are rethinking the origins of living apes

A fossil jaw recovered from the Egyptian desert is rewriting the origin story of all living apes, shifting their ancestral homeland to northeastern Africa and the Middle East.

Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Ape’s pretend tea party challenges long-held beliefs about animal imagination Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Scientists trace the origins of kissing back more than 21 million years Joshua Shavit

Health Why apes eating fruit is key to human love for alcohol consumption

Discoveries Scientists finally uncovered why human shoulders and elbows first evolved