New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of ...

And chimps outperform humans. I once watched Matsuzawa show videos of his experiments with Ai and Ayumu at a conference attended by the world’s leading chimp researchers, including Jane Goodall, ...

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New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

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Primates, including humans, are among the social animals living on Earth. Their survival relies heavily on cooperation with others, alliances, the sharing of resources and other social interactions.

Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well.more A study published in the ...

Bossou: 33 Years / Tetsuro Matsuzawa and Tatyana Humle -- Location and ecology / Tatyana Humle -- The demography and reproductive parameters of Bossou chimpanzees / Yukimaru Sugiyama and Shiho Fujita ...