For the past two centuries, non‐human primates have been reported to inspect, protect,
retrieve, carry or drag the dead bodies of their conspecifics and, for nearly the same amount …

While empathy is a century‐old psychological concept, its study in non‐human animals has
become the focus of much recent scientific interest, as it promises to provide the clues to …

Humans and chimpanzees last shared a common ancestor about 5 to 6 million years ago.
Single-nucleotide substitutions occur at a mean rate of 1.23% between copies of the human …

Caregiving for disabled individuals among Neanderthals has been known for a long time,
and there is a debate about the implications of this behavior. Some authors believe that …

Evidence of care for the ill and injured amongst Neanderthals, inferred through skeletal
evidence for survival from severe illness and injury, is widely accepted. However, healthcare …

Comparative perspectives are crucial in the study of human development, yet longitudinal
comparisons of humans and other primates are still relatively uncommon. Here, we …

The Late Pleistocene Shanidar 1 older adult male Neandertal is known for the crushing
fracture of his left orbit with a probable reduction in vision, the loss of his right forearm and …

This article confronts the widespread assumption that disability, in any broad and undefined
sense, constituted valid grounds for infanticide in ancient Greece. When situated within their …

Information about responses to death in nonhuman primates is important for evolutionary
thanatology. This paper reviews the major causes of death in chimpanzees, and how these …

Evolutionary biology and many of its foundational concepts are grounded in a history of
ableism and eugenics. The field has not made a concerted effort to divest our concepts and …