The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The improvement of technologies across generations, known as "cumulative cultural ...

A new study finds that chimpanzees that use a multi-step process and complex tools to gather termites are more likely to share tools with novices. The study helps illuminate chimpanzees' capacity for ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Today’s IT environments are more ...

In 320,000-year-old colored rocks and sophisticated stone tools uncovered at an archaeological site in southern Kenya, scientists say they've found early evidence of what makes humans unique. The ...

The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, ...

Teach a chimpanzee to fish for insects to eat, and you feed her for a lifetime. Teach her a better way to use tools in gathering prey, and you may change the course of evolution. For most wild ...

The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The improvement of technologies across generations, known as "cumulative cultural ...