Source: Ruben van Kuik, via Wikimedia Commons. How do scientists study the evolution of human culture and cognition? There aren’t any early hominins around—but there are chimpanzees, our closest ...

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team analyzed data from fecal samples of 828 wild chimpanzees across 30 populations, ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

— -- Science should halt medical experiments on chimpanzees, the closest cousins to humans in the animal world, except perhaps for preventive vaccines for Hepatitis C and some drug therapies ...

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human. In a series of experiments designed ...

The federal government announced Thursday it will impose strict new guidelines limiting the use of chimpanzees in medical research it funds, and will phase out current studies that don't comply. The ...

Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even when offered tools. Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even ...

An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint against the national sanctuary for federally owned chimpanzees once used for experiments. An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint ...