Ever find yourself people-watching in a cafe, or tuning into reality TV just to see who's arguing with who? You're not ...

"There has been a debate about whether the common chimpanzee or bonobo makes a better model," Wood said. "People said 'Wow, we know so little about bonobos, we're much better sticking with common ...

“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.

As common chimpanzees and bonobos evolved after their split, they developed different traits and physical characteristics, even though they remained geographically relatively close, ...

Here we present a draft genome sequence of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Through comparison with the human genome, we have generated a largely complete catalogue of the genetic ...

Chimpanzees are more closely related to people than to gorillas or other monkeys and probably should be included in the human branch of the family tree, a research team says.

Evolution of life history and behavior in Hominidae: Towards phylogentic reconstruction of the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor. Journal of Human Evolution . Published online August 24, 2013 ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda who died in 2013 of a mysterious disease were stricken with a common human virus, researchers now say, adding that chimpanzees may have a species-wide susceptibility to it.

Distinct Rhythms Between Subspecies. Researchers analyzed 371 drumming bouts from 11 chimpanzee communities, discovering the western chimpanzees use evenly spaced beats, while eastern chimpanzees ...

New evidence suggests, however, that our last common ancestor may not have looked as chimp-like as before thought. The fossil Ardipithecus ramidus, dating 4.4 million years old, ...

Not to be outdone by Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion or woodpeckers in the forest, some chimpanzees are also able to keep a beat and use regular spacing between drum hits. Over 300 observations of ...