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Chimpanzee “helicopter moms” often protect their offspring from bullies, but bonobo moms are more hands-off ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are amazingly similar to us—and each other: The two species of great ape have genomes that are nearly the same as ours, and they resemble each other to the point that ...

Chimpanzees have been the focus of primate research for decades. But their close cousins, the bonobos, can offer us important insights into human nature too.

Chimpanzees and bonobos are amazingly similar to us—and each other: The two species of great ape have genomes that are nearly the same as ours, and they resemble each other to the point that ...

Despite their peaceful reputation, bonobos act aggressively more often than their chimpanzee cousins, a new study found.

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.

The team observed sexual contact within sanctuary-living bonobos and chimpanzees during two stressful periods; following naturally-occurring social conflicts and prior to feeding.

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

Bonobos and chimpanzees are the species most closely related to humans in evolutionary history, which means all three species could have evolved from a common ancestor with this ability, a theory ...