A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

Since ancient times medicinal plants have been used as an alternative to treat and prevent diseases as well as ensuring that ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

A 2021 review of 32 randomised controlled trials involving nearly 5,200 people with chronic pain, examined the effects of ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ...

Wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have been documented treating both their own and others’ injuries.

Chimps in the wild use medicinal leaves to perform "First Aid" on their friends and family, reveals new research. They also ...

Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too. In the forests of Uganda, wild chimpanzees have ...

Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed that these primates don't just treat their own ...