We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...

Figure showing the striking similarities between the head muscles of common chimpanzees, bonobos and humans: the very rare exceptions are those shown in colors and with text ...

"Interaction with tourists and loggers can expose chimpanzees to diseases that they cannot fight, like the common cold or the flu," said the Jane Goodall Institute. Even the Ebola virus is ...

Species: Pan troglodytes; P. paniscus Genome size: 3 billion base pairs; 2.9 billion base pairs Both sequenced in the last two years, the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and bonobo (P. paniscus) ...

Complete human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan genomes have provided us a window into understanding the complex speciation process of these species' common ancestor. Analyses of these ...