Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...