Is wit a sign of evolutionary fitness? A new study explores how "quick-wittedness" and ancient verb-noun compounds shaped the evolution of human grammar through sexual selection. Learn how "killjoys" ...

Explore the evolution of humor with sketches on the "Lava Chicken" meme and a comedic comparison of how purchasing habits ...

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Nidhi Bisht and Anant V. Joshi spoke about the world of the show in season two, the ...

In A Nutshell A linguist argues that wit, humor, and wordplay helped drive human language evolution through sexual selection, ...

Lending humor and hard truth to make the case that America’s century-old workplace injury system must stop managing ...

New poems explore the humor, contradictions, and mathematics of life, as award-winning film Versified! The Human ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that life suddenly diversified during the Cambrian explosion ...

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Is wittiness a kind of fitness? Ljiljana Progovac explores the idea that quick-wittedness—using and combining words in a ...

For many older people, humor can be a lifeline. It's not easy to discuss the challenges of aging—from loneliness and the loss of a loved one to dealing with chronic pain. But laughter can be an ...

A new biography chronicles the history and evolution of the reserved artist who has always let his pen do the talking ...

Study finds that the mass extinction caused by an asteroid about 66 million years ago led to critical changes in bird genomes that ultimately sparked the incredibly diversity living birds. Shortly ...