New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results, published in Current ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rescued chimpanzee named Missy eats watermelon during a daily bushwalk at the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre (CCC) on November ...

In chimpanzee communities, strong social ties can be a matter of life and death not just for the adults who form them, but for their kids, too. A new study of wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ...

Credit: Adrian Soldati/Current Biology/Cover Images Eat your heart out Dairy Milk gorilla, because chimpanzees are expert drummers, according to new research from scientists. A team of cognitive ...

When humans have conversations, we take turns speaking, sometimes even interrupting each other. Now, a study published in Current Biology on Monday reports that chimpanzees follow a similar ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The endangered eastern chimpanzees (Pan ...

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When we think about what sets humans apart from other animals, language often comes to mind. Language is more than words – it also relies on the ability to build shared understanding through ...

Female chimpanzees that forge strong, grooming-rich friendships with other females dramatically boost their infants’ odds of making it past the perilous first year—no kin required. Three decades of ...

The future of chimpanzees depends on smart conservation strategies and that requires data, lots of data. Ecologist Adrienne Chitayat conducted research on chimpanzees in Tanzania and is the first to ...

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