New research shows that chimpanzees regularly communicate with each other through rapid back-and-forth gestures, similar to how humans talk. Reading time 2 minutes Chimpanzees and humans are even more ...

On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in dna can have massive effects.

Heartwarming Video Shows Chimp's Sweet Reaction to Reuniting with Caretaker Years Later originally appeared on PetHelpful. Not all animals have long-term memory, but it's clear that this chimpanzee ...

The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle. However, ...

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New research suggests chimpanzees can rethink their choices when new evidence emerges, a hallmark of human-like reasoning. Credit: Shutterstock A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

An international group of 67 scientists announced at a news conference on Wednesday that they had mapped the genome of the closest relative to human beings, the chimpanzee. Their work is scheduled to ...