NewsGenetics as Conservation Tool for Endangered Chimpanzeesby University of ZurichAn international team have collected information on population size and community structure of the western chimpanzee
NewsAdolescent Humans and Chimpanzees Share Risk-Taking Impulsesby Holden GalushaWhile both have higher risk tolerance, teenagers struggle more with delayed gratification
NewsHumans Can Recognize and Understand Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gesturesby PLOSPeople playing an online game correctly identified more than half of common great ape gestures
NewsEarly Humans May Have First Walked Upright in the Treesby University College LondonThe prevailing belief that bipedalism evolved on the ground in humans may not be correct, according to a new study
NewsScientists Study Tourists to Protect Great Apesby University of ExeterTourists' willingness to comply with disease prevention measures can help protect great apes
NewsUncovering the Evolution of the Brainby Salk InstituteHumans are genetically similar to chimpanzees and bonobos, yet there exist obvious behavioral and cognitive differences
NewsHuman Respiratory Viruses Continue to Spread in Wild Chimpanzeesby University of Wisconsin-MadisonResearchers describe two simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory illness in chimpanzees in the wild
NewsChimpanzees Choose Cooperation over Competitionby Emory UniversityFinding challenges the perceptions humans are unique in our ability to cooperate and chimpanzees are overly competitive, and suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates
NewsProject Chimps and UL Lafayette to Transfer 220 Retired Chimpanzeesby University of Louisiana at LafayetteNonprofit organization and the University’s New Iberia Research Center began negotiating the agreement more than two years ago
NewsFossil Analysis Pushes Back Human Split from Other Primates by Two Million Yearsby Los Alamos National LaboratoryC. abyssinicus revealed answers about gorilla lineage but also provided fossil evidence that our common ancestor migrated from Africa.