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Chimpanzees and Bonobos Use Hugs, Kisses and Friendly Pats to Keep the Peace, Just Like Humans, a New Study Suggests

Since all three ape species diverged from a common ancestor that lived roughly six million to eight million years ago, the findings hint that friendly touching to diffuse tension h…

Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade?

Chimpanzees vs. a mega railway

A massive railway project, The Simandou corridor, in Guinea is cutting through one of West Africa’s most important ecosystems. The Simandou corridor is fragmenting forests that are…

Chimpanzees' unusually protracted and vulnerable adolescences

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.…

Chimpanzees reveal 69 socially learned behaviors, nearly doubling known cultural repertoire