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.

Although the genetic differences are small, as illustrated in the above stretch of FOXP2, and the neural differences still largely unknown, there is a world of difference between the mind of a chimp ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Across human languages and cultures, conversing involves listening to the speaker and rapidly responding to them. This phenomenon, known as ...

The Gombe Stream National Park is a beautiful park in Tanzania, filled with nature, steep valleys, and multiple forest ...

For more than a century, historical documents show researchers have conducted experiments to determine whether apes are capable of communicating not only with members of their own species, but with ...

Few sitcom moments are as unforgettable, or unexpectedly nerve-racking, as the time Full House’s John Stamos shared the screen with a real chimpanzee. Though the beloved family comedy is known for its ...

Two months after his previous owner, Robert Tomarchin, sold Mr. Moke to the zoo, Tomarchin broke into the Zoo's ape house and took Mr. Moke with him to Miami, setting off a two-year court battle. A ...