Chimpanzees can pick out crystals from a pile of ordinary rocks, handle them with visible care, and even hold them up to peer ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans ...

Cognitive Capabilities: Understanding Chimpanzee’s Problem-Solving Skills and Learning Aptitude In humans, cognitive control involves self-knowledge, regulatory processes that allocate attention, ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, our hominin ancestors collected crystals. Something about these stones made them desirable, even when they weren’t used for anything. But then why collect them at ...

A new scientific census confirms 426 chimpanzees thriving in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, strengthening conservation efforts in one of Africa’s most important great ape habitats.

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream National Park revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee intelligence. In 1960, she observed a chimp named David Greybeard stripping leaves from twigs to ...

“This research can help us think differently about how we approach early education or how we model reasoning in AI systems,” said Emily Sanford, a researcher at UC Berkeley. “We shouldn’t assume ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British ethologist and primatologist Jane Goodall, who paved the way for other women in primatology, has died. (Joel Saget / AFP ...

When people talk to each other, their conversations usually include many fast twists. Humans do not naturally talk in Shakespearean soliloquies, but by regularly interrupting and wildly gesticulating.

Sanctuary offficial had to fire four rounds at the "hyped up" chimps. July 2, 2012 -- The South African chimp sanctuary where a Texas graduate student was mauled by two chimpanzees last week is safe ...