New Study Suggests That Language Started Forming 30 to 40 Million Years Ago

Medicine & Technology Oct 22, 2020

Language is illustrated as the passing of thoughts and ideas through intelligible sounds. Although its evolutionary origins were previously unknown, a new study suggests it started at least 30 to 40 million years ago - during the time of the common ancestor of men, monkeys, and apes.

Date Night for Monkeys Might Be Equivalent to Sharing Food, New Study Suggests

Aug 10, 2020

Monkeys do not usually share their food, but researchers suggest that sharing of food for them is equivalent to having a dinner date in humans. This behavior helps them forge and strengthen social bonds with others.

A New Study Examines How Vowels Are the Key to the Evolution of Human Speech

Dec 16, 2019

"The configuration of the vocal tract-the resonating tube of the throat and mouth, from the vocal folds to the lips -- determines the sound," Louis-Jean Boe explains. "That, in turn, means that the sound carries information about the vocal tract configuration that made it. This relationship is the core understanding of speech science."

Neanderthals May Have Used Eagle Talons for Symbolic Decorations

Nov 13, 2019

Neanderthals and modern humans share a lot of characteristics: they use tools, they wear clothes, and they both wear jewelry. Yep, Neanderthals wear jewelry as well.

The World’s Primates at Risk of Extinction Due to Global Commodities Trade and Consumption

Jun 17, 2019

According to a peer-reviewed journal, the economic benefits of commodity export for primate habitat countries has been limited relative to the extreme environmental costs of pollution, habitat degradation, loss of biodiversity, continued food insecurity, and the threat of emerging disease. This recent study was published in the Journal PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Science.

13-million-year-old Primate Skull Unveils The Origins of African Human & Apes

Aug 11, 2017

Scientists uncovered the origin story of common ancestors of living apes by finding a 13-million-year-old primate skull from the west of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists named this specimen as “Alesi”, it has a tiny nose and mouth related to its head size.

Discovered Fossils Of Torrejonia Tiny Tree Dwellers Confirmed As The Earliest Primates

May 31, 2017

Archicebus Achilles is the known earliest primates before skeletons and fossils of the Torrejonia was discovered. Both are known tree-dwellers a few years after the dinosaur times.

Dogs Are ‘Copycats’ After All

Dec 30, 2015

A new study came out that dogs have the ability to copy their fellow canine's emotions.

Over 50 Percent Of The World’s Primate Face Extinction

Nov 26, 2015

Based on the announcement by scientists on Tuesday, this includes apes, monkeys and lemurs.