Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more ...

To get at the question, James Pampush, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Florida, studied more than 100 primate species, including humans, chimps and lemurs. Measuring jaw ...

HIV-1 strains in humans arose from three independent ape-to-human transmissions in the early 20th century, but the viral adaptation in humans remained unknown until now. Paul Sharp and colleagues from ...

However, chimps discovered stone tools on their own, without the need to be taught by humans. Another trait that chimps share with humans is inquisitiveness. We humans like to explore, even ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ancestral lineages.

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

All of the former research chimpanzees that had been living on an Air Force base in New Mexico have finally arrived at a ...

Scientists study cultural traditions in chimpanzees, revealing dialects used for mating and the impact of human influence on ...

Some animals never forget—and not just in that folksy, "elephants remember everything" way. Across land, sea, and sky, particular creatures are absolute memory machines, storing details that would put ...