A ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture. Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the ...
A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to ...
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Memory, bonding, and time: Animals that remember humans
We often assume that memory belongs mainly to humans. That remembering faces, feelings, moments and bonds over years is a ...
Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...
Beyond protein and calories -- Animal symbols -- Animals in ritual -- Hunting and humanity -- Extinctions -- Domestication as a human-animal relationship -- Pets and other human-animal relationships - ...
Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...
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Why zebras resisted domestication despite human effort
After centuries of sustained effort, zebras remain evidence that domestication depends less on human ambition than on ...
Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed
Anna Jon-And receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council and has received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Johan Lind has received funding from the Swedish Research ...
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