Despite regularly occurring in humans, sharing food outside of kinship or mating relationships is rare in non-human animals. Our two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, are two of the ...

What makes us human? We share more than 98% of our DNA and almost all of our genes with our closest living relative, the chimpanzee. Comparing the genetic code of humans and chimps will allow the ...

An international team of researchers conducted observations of natural food sharing behavior of the chimpanzees of the Tai National Park, Ivory Coast. They found that chimpanzees who possess large ...

Despite regularly occurring in humans, sharing food outside of kinship or mating relationships is rare in non-human animals. Our two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, are two of ...

But the title of this essay is no more outrageous than one entitled ‘The chimpanzee's bird brain ... and ‘2’ to the correct number of food rewards. When then tested on ‘3’, Ai ...

This, then, is one explanation for alarm and food calls. However, recent evidence suggests that chimpanzee food calls may be intentional acts of communication and not just emotional outbursts.

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Chimpanzees exhibit exceptionally high levels of behavioral diversity compared to all other non-human species. This diversity has been documented in a variety of contexts, including the extraction of ...

If you are feeling unwell, perhaps you should. These West African plants are part of a ‘jungle pharmacy’ sought out by wild chimpanzees to treat ailments ranging from worm infestations to ...

Chimps are killed by hunters for food almost everywhere they live, despite being critically endangered. It's devastating their populations - and it's also threatening our own health. Across the ...

The study documented chimps sharing fermented fruits on multiple occasions, a behavior rarely observed with other food types. This sharing may strengthen social bonds, akin to human traditions of ...

The Ngogo chimpanzees enjoy a particularly good life, Dr. Langergraber said. The forest is rich with food, and the leopards that once hunted the apes have largely been eradicated by humans.