We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago. Humans ...

Bonobos and chimps are our closest living links to the six million-year-old ancestor from which both they and we descended. As primatologist Frans de Waal points out, Kano's work "was a major ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University said chimps know when humans are struggling with puzzles and tell them the answers. The team from the university's Social and Cognitive Origins Group claimed ...

Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases ...

We all love seeing videos of baby animals, and who can resist a video celebrating a little one's first birthday! Cincinnati shared an adorable video of their baby bonobo, Daisy, featuring clips from ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...