From an ontogenetic perspective, young chimps’ brains are wired to absorb information rapidly. This trait is crucial for ...

Chimpanzees drum rhythmically, suggesting the roots of human musicality may predate our species. New research by cognitive ...

"Humans and chimpanzees last shared a common ancestor approximately 6 million years ago," study last author, University of Zurich professor Simon Townsend, explained in a statement. "Our data ...

Over 300 observations of two distinct subspecies–eastern and western chimpanzees–show that the ... ability to write music likely arose in a common ancestor that Homo sapiens share with ...

Of course, humanity did not evolve from the chimpanzee, which has spent time evolving on its own path for millions of years from our last common ancestor, just as we have. Still, chimps are our ...

To map the chimp genome, researchers used DNA from the blood of a male common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) named Clint, who lived at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta.

What chimpanzees teach us about trust, power, and connection—plus 3 strategies to build stronger relationships.

Bonobos and chimpanzees are the species most closely related to humans in evolutionary history, which means all three species could have evolved from a common ancestor with this ability ...

Chimpanzees are our closest primate relatives ... “Our findings suggest that shared attachment strategies in primates may reflect a common evolutionary heritage,” study co-author and ...

The researchers say these findings suggest that the building blocks of human musicality arose in a common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans. "Based on our previous work, we expected that western ...