Universal gestures included "move over a little", through lightly nudging another chimp with a hand, with grabbing hard with eye contact ... and showing another the bottom of their foot, to ask the ...

A team of researchers documented a previously unseen behavior in a group of wild chimpanzees in the forests of Guinea-Bissau, Africa: the deliberate use of stones to produce sounds, which they ...

A recent study by behavioral biologists from Wageningen University & Research and the German Primate Research Center has ...

A recent study by behavioural biologists from Wageningen University & Research and the German Primate Research Centre has ...

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 ...

Gorillas and chimpanzees, though sharing DNA and habitats, exhibit distinct characteristics. Gorillas, the largest primates, ...

Chimpanzees in West Africa hold onto trees with their hands while kicking against roots with their feet, emitting powerful sounds that travel long distances, sometimes over a half mile. “ ...

Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing ...

The drumming of chimps followed a rhythm that was not random and followed a signature style to communicate and share ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as well as to grasp and manipulate objects, a requirement to being able to make ...

Not only do chimpanzees maintain a rhythm while drumming on tree roots, but two subspecies use distinct tempos and techniques, according to a new study ...

Adult chimpanzees often drum with their feet, Hobaiter says, "so they're using their hands to hold on to those roots and then they're kind of dancing." Chimps use drumming to communicate over long ...