Examine the physical characteristics of chimps and humans to find which one has the upper hand in certain situations. Adult chimps stand at 150 cm on average. Males in the wild weigh between 40 ...

On Tuesday, scientists in the United States and Spain said the human hand may be more primitive than that of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee. In fact, human hands are likely more similar to ...

They mostly communicate through hand gestures and facial expressions. The findings suggest that human language and chimp communication have "deep evolutionary similarities." Researchers at the ...

Usually, these exchanges had two parts: One chimpanzee might tap the another's hand, and then the other ... set up that kind of resembles human conversations." Sweeping an enormous data set ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive ... The long, curved fingers of the chimpanzee hand and the less mobile and weaker thumbs of some monkeys are also capable of generating humanlike, forceful ...

researchers showed that chimps use a rapid-fire, back-and-forth communication style similar to humans — complete with interruptions, according to a study in Current Biology. The study focused on ...

With cameras in hand, they diligently recorded hundreds ... the researchers found something striking: just like humans, chimpanzees are chatty and “talk” back and forth in rapid turns, albeit ...

Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...

Two studies of wild chimps point to the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimp communication often relies on rhythmic structures and call combinations.

When humans have conversations ... Once, a chimp named Ursus gave a reassuring tap to a chimp named Monica when she reached her hand out after a quarrel. In another instance, a male chimp ...