Chimpanzees can pick out crystals from a pile of ordinary rocks, handle them with visible care, and even hold them up to peer ...

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 ...

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A new study finds chimpanzees drum against tree roots with rhythm, suggesting they share an evolutionary trait with humans passed down by a last common ancestor. DaFranzos via Pixabay Wild chimpanzees ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy? Very possible, according to scientists who recently studied the development ...

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

The study of rhythmic structures, which appears in the journal Current Biology, analyzed the drumming patterns of chimps from the rainforests in East and West Africa. The trees in those rainforests ...