When it comes to closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, chimpanzees and bonobos top the list. They share a common ancestor and over 98% of our DNA. Both species belong to the genus Pan.

Chimpanzees and bonobos are amazingly similar to us—and each other: The two species of great ape have genomes that are nearly ...

The pygmy chimpanzees “seem to combine calls to convey meaning that… Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found.

Chimpanzees and bonobos split into different species about 1.7 million years ago. The widely accepted hypothesis is that their common ancestor lived north of the Congo River.