Learn more about the origins of language, and how our ancient ancestors may have developed it in a sudden jump rather than ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.

Kiyomasa, a 13-year-old western lowland gorilla at Japan's Higashiyama Zoo, has become an internet sensation after a video showed him sitting alone in a thoughtful pose following a reported ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates ...

He directed over 1200 episodes of television and over 50 pilots. He co-created “Cheers” and directed many episodes of ...

Once you start seeing natural selection as a constant, omnipresent, and sometimes speedy force, almost everything else in ...

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A new book draws on ethnography, neurobiology, and primatology to argue that our reduced sleep is not a byproduct of modern stress, but an evolutionary advantage. Sleep is no longer what it used to be ...

Summary: Laughter is a universal human trait shared by all living great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. However, the exact evolutionary trajectory of laughter, and how ...