This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like affinities for art and language; self-awareness; and an understanding of ...

In other words, evolution and the second law of thermodynamics can live together in harmony. No, human beings did not evolve ...

The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ... We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

The site, an eroded limestone cave called Malapa, is in a region already so famous for its ancient human fossils that ... of Missouri who studies the evolution of apes and early hominins (a ...

Intelligent Design on Trial" reveals how genetic evidence helped to confirm an important component of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection: the common ancestry of humans and apes.

in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller canines, thicker and larger cheek teeth, and more ...

Early bipeds, such as Ardipithecus kadabba which looked a bit like a gorilla, lived in Africa between 5.8 and 5.2 million ...

While our current research has shed light on the evolution of the human heart, our work analyzing the hearts of endangered ...