Topic: Biological Anthropology

Was an "impossible" soccer goal really that impossible? Why do bonobos have more sex with their mothers around? And when did humans start feasting...
A group of chimpanzees in New Mexico, some of them in their 50s, may be taken out of retirement to be used in research.. . For the past decade, the...

A Rush to Moral Judgment

The recent (self-)destruction of Harvard evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser is both hard to watch and impossible not to. When the university last...

Oregon Zoo opens red ape reserve exhibit

The Oregon Zoo is opening a new exhibit this week for orangutans and white-cheeked gibbons, called the Red Ape Reserve exhibit. Officials say the ...

Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution

A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution's existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just ...
Across Africa, people often lay snare traps to catch bushmeat, killing or injuring chimps and other wildlife.. . But a few chimps living in the...

In Southern Utah, a Hadrosaur Left Quite an Impression

A natural cast of a hadrosaur's skin found in southern Utah. From Herrero and Farke, 2010.. . When Charles H. Sternberg and his sons excavated one...
The latest game to be born from Sony's "PlayStation CAMP" initiative, which brought us both What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? and Patchwork...

Mothers matter

High social status and maternal support play an important role in the mating success of male...
Palaeontologists are forever claiming that their latest fossil discovery will "rewrite evolutionary history." Is this just boasting or is our...