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Inside 18 years of ape minds, a vast record that may upend how human intelligence began

A pioneering project led by researchers from the University of Stirling and the Max Planck Institute has opened the door for new insights into the evolutionary origins of human int...

Great apes mirror facial expressions with surprising precision, study shows

New research from the University of Portsmouth has found that great apes exhibit exactness in mimicking one another's facial expressions in social contexts. The study, published in...

It's complicated: New research reveals more about the social networks of baboons and African monkeys

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are small and simple; others are large and more layered. Ove...

Did the last common ancestor of humans and apes walk like a gorilla? A new study offers a clue

Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last common ancestor walked on its knuckles

Secrets of Human Intelligence Unlocked

A collaborative project has released EVApeCognition, the world's largest dataset on great ape intelligence.

In one experiment, chimpanzees saw a person struggling to reach something and helped, even without a…

In one experiment, chimpanzees saw a person struggling to reach something and helped, even without a...

A group of 200 chimps had a civil war

Between 2018 and 2024, one faction of chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park killed 7 adult males and 17 infants from a rival group. Fourteen more adult males vanished — bodi...

A chimpanzee’s rhythmic drumming with floorboards hints at origins of instruments

Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese researchers report that Ayumu, a 26-year-old male chimpan...

In zoos, ‘peaceful’ bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, study suggests

A new study of our two closest living relatives finds that, at least in zoos, bonobos may not be more peaceful than chimpanzees. Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are only found south of the...

Humans and Chimpanzees Have Surprisingly Similar Wrists — Both May Trace Back to a Knuckle-Walking Ancestor

Learn about the similarities between the wrist bones of humans and African apes, which may point to shared knuckle-walking roots. 

Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree

For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, traveling and groo...

New insights into how the human hand evolved from our ape-like ancestors

The human hand is an evolutionary marvel. While other primates rely on their hands for locomotion and basic grasping, ours can shape tools, manipulate objects, and perform detailed...

A 2025 study found that wild chimpanzees likely get about 14 grams of alcohol a day from fermented…

A 2025 study found that wild chimpanzees likely get about 14 grams of alcohol a day from fermented...

Humans are the only primates with a lopsided hand preference

Of all the monkeys and apes scientists have studied, no species shows a population-level hand preference. Individual primates often have strong biases, and chimpanzees, gorillas, a...

Chimpanzee group's violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war

Researchers who observed a murderous conflict unfolding in a once-unified group of wild chimpanzees say there are parallels with civil wars in human societies

Primate Planet

Across the tropics, a growing movement is working to secure a future for primates in the face of disease, deforestation and wildlife trade. Reporting from across the planet, this v...

Crowds at Los Angeles Zoo go bananas for endangered species baby boom

The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed a baby gorilla, a baby orangutan and three baby chimpanzees in a span of less than five months. Joy Benedict reports on the baby boom of endangered spe...

Chimpanzees' unusually protracted and vulnerable adolescences

For all the diversity of the human condition, one experience is almost universally painful: adolescence. It's also unusual. Most other species pass from puberty to adulthood quickl...

Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals

Rare event suggests relational dynamics may play a role in collective violence, along with cultural markers.

Chimpanzee Civil War Rewrites What We Know About Violence

Zoöloog Desmond Morris wees de wereld erop dat de mens gewoon een aap is – en een hitsige bovendien