Chimpanzees

Is Tool Use Monkey Business or Unique to Humans?

February 13, 2023

If you walk through a home improvement store these days, you might say to yourself, "I wish I had all of these tools." Sophisticated...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Hugh Ross Read

Humans’ Chewing Advantage Supports Exceptionalism

September 19, 2022

Scientists have learned that humans spend much less time chewing food than did the hominins—a find that carries implications for design.

Animals began chewing their...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Hugh Ross Read

How We Use Energy Points to Human Exceptionalism

February 21, 2022

It's easy for humans to take food availability for granted in our modern world, but the acquisition of food resources in human history has...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Hugh Ross Read

Yeast Gene Editing Study Raises Questions about the Evolutionary Origin of Human Chromosome 2

September 12, 2018

As a biochemist and a skeptic of the evolutionary paradigm, people often ask me two interrelated questions:

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Did Neanderthals Make Glue?

January 10, 2018

Fun fact: each year, people around the world purchase 50 billion dollars’ (US) worth of adhesives. But perhaps this statistic isn’t all that surprising—because...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

New Research Douses Claim that Neanderthals Mastered Fire

January 3, 2018

A few months ago, I posted a link on Twitter to a blog article I wrote challenging the claim that Neanderthals made jewelry and,...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Science News Flash: Chimps Use Tools to Fish for Algae

November 16, 2016

Some of my fondest memories as a little kid are the summer afternoons I spent with my grandfather fishing in the Missouri River, near...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read