The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey famously opens with an ancient apelike human ancestor suddenly realizing that he could use large bones as weapons. Others in his group who see him quickly adopt the ...

If you’ve ever cooked a complex meal with someone, you know the level of coordination required. Someone dices this, someone sautés that, as you dance around holding knives and hot pans. Meanwhile, you ...

Past psychology and behavioral science studies have identified various ways in which people's acquisition of new knowledge ...

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The curious minds at ColdFusion reveal a robot hand that learned human behavior on its own. This matters because it demonstrates the potential for machines to adapt, interact, and learn like humans.

Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from an ...

Killer whales share food with humans to get to know us better By Abhimanyu Ghoshal July 02, 2025 Researchers believe orcas offer prey to humans to observe their reactions, and maybe to practice ...

Picture a baby chimp clinging to its mother's back, wide eyes taking in everything around it. Just like human babies, these little ones start life completely helpless, relying on their mom for ...

Unusually among human cultures, the Northern Aché people of Paraguay do not practice communal singing or dancing or sing to their children. (Photo of Aché building a traditional fishing dam by Kim ...