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

Learn more about complex compositionality, an ability to combine words and calls that humans and bonobos apparently share.

In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next ...

The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.

Former President Barack Obama admitted he's trying to dig out a 'deep deficit' with wife Michelle Obama, a quip he made when addressing Hamilton College students Thursday.

A new study finds bonobos combine sounds in complex ways, offering clues to the early roots of human language and how communication evolved.

Humans are capable of a great many things due in large part to the physical size of our brains. Our brain organs are simply much larger than that of chimps and apes, and the huge number of neurons ...

But in the same situation, when facing the easy task, the chimps seemed distracted, and their performance level dropped. “Humans under the watching eyes of colleagues care more about how the ...

In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next generation.Genes influence ...