Wild Chimpanzees Are Combining Calls in Ways That Mirror Human Speech, Hint At Origins of Language
Chimp vocal combinations hint at roots of human language.
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Wild Chimpanzees Use Medicine To Treat Each Other’s Wounds
Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too.
3,700 Hours with Wild Chimps Reveal Evolutionary Roots of Attachment
This study is about chimps. But in a way, it's also about us.
Wild Chimps Build Flexible Tools with Impressive Engineering Skills
Chimpanzees select and engineer tools with surprising mechanical precision to extract termites.
Chimps and bonobos rub their genitals to maintain peace
New research reveals that both bonobos and chimpanzees use sexual behavior to ease social tension
When One Chimp Pees, Others Follow: What Contagious Urination May Reveal About Our Closest Relatives
Even bathroom habits can reveal the social lives of our closest relatives.
The hands of great apes tell a story about our own evolution
Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate ...
