Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture. Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty ...

Humans and chimpanzees share very similar genes — some analyses peg the differences at just 1 percent. But in his book Almost Chimpanzee, science writer Jon Cohen focuses on our differences, from the ...

Much contemporary advocacy is obsessed with deconstructing human exceptionalism. Animal rights — which is distinct from animal welfare — is an ideology that claims people and animals are equal because ...

The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity invites you to a lecture by Laura Hengehold, chair of the Department of Philosophy, titled, "Relevant to Whom? Anonymous for Whom? How ...

Past psychology research suggests that different people display characteristic patterns of spontaneous thought, emotions and behaviors. These patterns make the brains of distinct individuals unique, ...

Apes may join Neanderthals and Paranthropus as half-forgotten creatures of the past. With the demise of our smartest animal relatives, the human mind would appear ever more special on this planet. And ...

A team of student researchers has discovered human microRNA genes not shared with any other primate species and which may have played an important role in the unique evolution of the human species.

I said previously that human self-conscious awareness arose as a consequence of two other unique human attributes, our capacity for language and our ability to continually transform the world by ...