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

Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it better. Many bat species have the ability to fly while simultaneously drinking water — but unlike people who try ...

or that had close evolutionary relationships with humans, such as apes. This emphasis came to shape public perception of primates as essentially aggressive. We picture chest-beating, teeth ...

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This week footage captured by film-maker Charlie Veitch was central to a court case - as a father who attacked him was found ...

and some apes can be taught a primitive sign language. But none of those animals can learn to imitate new sounds, which appears to be one of the skills that made human culture possible.

Disney wasn't the first studio to prominently feature mentor characters: the trope is as old as storytelling itself. But ...

Ape species are divided into the lesser apes, or gibbons, and the great apes, which include chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans and humans. Apes are highly intelligent and known for their ...

Yoo and colleagues’ work elevates the quality of ape genome sequences to the same level as existing sequences for humans, enabling the authors to investigate the evolutionary history of almost ...

After scientists succeeded in sequencing the human genome in 2001 2, they quickly began working on the genomes of other apes — the closest genetic relatives to humans. Understanding the genomes ...

Our findings suggest changes in frontal cortex organization occurred in apes, followed by changes in temporal cortex in the lineage leading to humans. Richard Owen was right about one thing.