Humans
The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human
The evolution of human hands is one of the most important 鈥� and overlooked 鈥� stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence is revealing their pivotal role
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Life
Chimps and bonobos relieve social tension by rubbing their genitals
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Life
Bonobos can tell when they know something you don’t
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Chimpanzees seem to get more technologically advanced through culture
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Humans
Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?
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Life
Sick chimpanzees seek out range of plants with medicinal properties
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Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe
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Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant
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鈥楶eaceful鈥� male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps
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Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries
A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green energy technologies puts gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos at risk
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Marmosets swap brain cells with their siblings
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Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs
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Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces
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Humans
Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak
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