So, as briefly but as detailed as possible, I’m going to share with you all the history of the Planet of the Apes (Caesar’s Version). As such, there’s room for updates and refinements, as Kingdom ...

For a writer, signing on to “Planet of the Apes” is less an assignment than a calling. After all, it’s the longest-running science-fiction series in film history. So when Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

Shortly after the first human genome sequence was finalized in 2003, a chimpanzee assembly was released 2. This was followed by assemblies for other great apes, such as the gorilla 3, Sumatran ...

Every time we get a trailer for a new Planet of the Apes movie, people wonder just where the latest film in the venerable series takes place in the Apes timeline. From the Andy Serkis trilogy to the ...

Alec is always watching movies, sometimes more than one a day. This makes him annoyingly trustworthy when discussing classic or contemporary cinema. His favorite filmmakers include Martin Scorsese, ...

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set nearly 300 years after 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes. As such, it takes place after every entry in the rebooted franchise’s chronology, which we’ve ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

When did our ancestors go from walking on all fours to just two? It’s a question that researchers have been trying to answer for a century. Last week, a Tacoma Community College anthropology professor ...