DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Segmental duplications are important because they underlie several human diseases and have been key to shaping the evolution of great apes. For example, human-specific copy-number increases of ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

An international research team has mapped the genomes of six ape species, revealing genetic distinctions that shed light on primate evolution. The study, published in Nature, provides a deeper ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes ... to the Evolution of a Large ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have recently successfully sequenced the complete genomes of six ...

The results, published this week in Nature magazine by an international team of 123 researchers, help deepen people's understanding of human evolution and protect endangered ape populations.