Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions ...
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 ...
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...
Chimpanzees have a reputation for being aggressive, while bonobos are often seen as their peaceful counterparts. This ...
If she were a chimp, Mrs. Robinson still would have brought Benjamin Braddock to his knees, researchers say. A team of researchers led by Boston University anthropology professor Martin Muller is ...
Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life. By Annie Roth Ena Onishi, a doctoral student ...
A young chimp hangs from a branch with its mother's hand nearby at the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project at Kibale National Park in Uganda. ANN ARBOR—If you've ever spent time with a toddler, you might be ...