Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between longevity and brain size in a variety of taxa.
Forest loss due to anthropogenic activities is one of the main causes of plant and animal species decline.
Behavioral flexibility should, theoretically, be positively related to behavioral inhibition because one should need to inhibit a previously learned behavior to change their behavior when the task changes (flexibility).
In most bird species, females disperse prior to their first breeding attempt, while males remain close to the place they hatched.
Across species, social hierarchies are often governed by dominance relations.
Genetic analysis adds new perspectives on the (pre)history of South America - from the first settlement until today
Geochemical analyses of stone artefacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium
An international team has created a new database that documents patterns of grammatical variation in over 2400 of the world’s languages
Data from 124 societies shows that dogs’ functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple roles
GeLaTo, a global database, helps to explore the complex history of our genes and languages
A recent linguistic study found that early Bantu speakers crossed through the dense Central African Rainforest 4,000 years ago
Linguists and computer scientists collaborate to publish a large global Open Access lexical database
Scientists recover an ancient woman’s DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant
Genomic evidence from ancient and modern human DNA indicates a complex history for human migrations
Ancient genomes of thirteen Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization
Due to the change of a single amino acid, brain evolution has proceeded differently
Brain stem cells of modern humans make fewer mistakes in the distribution of their chromosomes to the daughter cells
To shed light on the archipelago’s settlement history, researchers sequenced and analyzed sixteen ancient genomes
A Covid-19 risk variant inherited from Neandertals reduces a person’s risk of contracting HIV by 27 percent
Neanderthal variant of the protein glutathione reductase increases risk for inflammatory bowel disease and vascular disease