Teeth from these diminutive individuals suggest they belonged to a unique species rather than a modern human with a growth disorder, as previously suspected -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
DNA from Denisovans suggests they lived in Siberia for millennia and were more genetically diverse than Neandertals, but less diverse than modern humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Seven centuries ago, tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the American Southwest. Archaeologists are trying to work out why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Among howler monkey species, loud calls come at the expense of testicle size and sperm production—or to put it another way, monkeys with the largest testes don't make as much noise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new study provides substantial support for earlier claims of 520-million-year-old arthropod brain systems, raising interesting questions about the nature of brains, life, and intelligence in the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com