R esearchers tested if apes could exercise “theory of mind” and found that they can tell if someone is ignorant and will leap to bridge the knowledge gap, a first.

During the Miocene epoch, as many as 100 species of apes roamed throughout the Old World. New fossils suggest that the ones that gave rise to living great apes and humans evolved not in Africa but ...

The Human Ape. Humans evolved much more quickly than any of their primate cousins or ancestors. All pans, for example, ...

A new study suggests humans can also understand sign language used by apes, meaning they may retain an understanding of ape communication from their ancestors. CNN values your feedback 1.

Results from the study found that humans were able to interpret ape gestures accurately a little more than 50% of the time. The apes, of course, have context for interpreting the gestures, but humans ...

Stock image of bonobos grooming. A scientist posits that kissing in humans could have its origins in the "final kiss" movement in ape grooming.

About half of humans can recognize gestures from apes even without context, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers at the University in St. Andrews in Scotland showed 5,656 ...

Researchers have found a new way in which great apes are similar to humans: they tease each other. A new study by an international team of scientists has documented “playful teasing” in ...

A group of researchers recently discovered that these great apes use humor just like humans do. Erica Cartmill is a professor of anthropology at Indiana University studying primate humor.