A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

By John Cannon Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put themselves in the most danger in adolescence, so the expectation has been ...

Chimpanzees may look like smaller, hairier versions of humans, but when a full-grown chimp decides to throw its weight around ...

SEATTLE, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, the public has been told that human beings and chimpanzees are, in genetic terms, only "1 percent" different. But according to Discovery Institute ...

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 ...

Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours - Copyright Handout/AFP Kathelijne Koops Different populations of chimpanzees showed varying behaviours ...

As scientists have studied the chimpanzee, they’ve found more and more similarities between humans and their closest living relatives. But when it comes to the courts, chimps and humans couldn’t be ...

Jane Goodall died Wednesday. As she was universally regarded as the greatest living expert on chimpanzees, her passing is a momentous event. It’s one that comes at a time of upheaval in the field she ...

Smarter than primates? Without language, it becomes a level playing field. Feb. 7, 2011— -- We cooperate more than other primates, right? With our extensive systems of governance and such global ...

Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their communicative patterns from their mothers and maternal relatives, according to a new study. Newsweek has reached out to the study's ...

(AP) - Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will ...