New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

Our evolutionary advantage over our primate relatives may come down to accelerated genetic expression in just six types of brain cells.

Wild chimpanzees change the meaning of individual calls by combining them in different ways, a behavior that reflects how ...

Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare ...

There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even empathy.

providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests. The behaviors — which are documented in a new study published in the journal ...

Bonobos and chimpanzees are the species most closely ... common to great ape species and humans — likely spurred the evolution of more complex communication and eventually the ability to form ...

Have you ever stopped to reflect on the similarities we share with chimpanzees? Don’t you think we have some similar features? Indeed, you’re right — we share about 98.8 per cent of our DNA ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In contrast, bonobos are known as the most empathetic ape, heralded as the ...

Researchers say the footage adds to a growing body of evidence that primates, including chimps, orangutans and gorillas, use ...

However, differences in aspects of their social structures and dominance relationships mean they can also offer different insights into our own evolution. Heartwarming moment mother chimpanzee ...