New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female ...

The researchers also found that the sex most involved in raising offspring tends to have a greater lifespan. In longer-lived ...

Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth - ...

Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.

The study explores the evolutionary origins of the lifespan difference between women and men. Across the globe, women generally outlive men, a pattern that has persisted throughout history and in ...

A team led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Sabrina Curran discovered new evidence of hominin activity in Europe, ...

A Crash Course In Human Evolution With Anthropologist Chris Stringer' What was the timeline of human evolution? What was our ...

Cleveland, OH—May 17, 2022—As part of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s $150-million campaign to transform its building, exhibitions, education programs, and community engagement, the Museum ...

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and historical time periods. Although the gap between the sexes has narrowed in ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks” ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469666006_peacock https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469666006_peacock.3 The focus of this book is the study of symbols ...

Leipzig University, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, and the Leipzig-based Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology are further strengthening their cooperation in ...