Brain has specific radar for snakes: Study

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 23:20

Snakes tend to arouse sharp fear in monkeys, apes and humans, and scientists said Thursday they have found specific brain cells that fire off a rapid warning for slithery danger.

Human foot not as unique as originally thought

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 13:24

Mechanisms of the human foot are not as unique as originally thought and have much more in common with the flexible feet of other great apes, scientists have found.

We owe our swimming style to apes!

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 17:31

We owe our swimming style to our evolutionary past, as just like apes we have a tendency to swim using a form of breaststroke, a new study has revealed.

Monkeys have reasoning powers like primitive humans

Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 16:00

Scientists have suggested that intelligent animals like apes may have some sort of mind reading capability , as they have the ability to intuit each others` intentions.

Apes and human infants show similar communicative gestures

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:14

Researchers have found that a female chimpanzee, a female bonobo and a female human infant showed similar gestures during the communicative development stages.

Freida Pinto out of `Planet of the Apes` sequel

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 16:18

Frieda Pinto announced that she and her co-star James France will not return to reprise their roles in the sequel of ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’.

Oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes uncovered

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:40

Discovery of two fossils from the East African Rift has provided new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study.

Did humans descend from "aquatic apes"?

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 11:09

Did humans descend from "aquatic apes" that spent more time swimming than dragging their knuckles on the ground?

Earliest great ape had human-like posture

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 20:20

The ancient giant apes - who lived about 11.9 million years ago - may have adopted the upright posture often linked with humans, a new study suggests.