I've long been a big fan of Greek mythology and all the wondrous beasts that tested, and sometimes bested, mythical heroes. One such creature was the chimera, a grotesque hybrid of a lion, goat, and ...

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Like humans, chimpanzees drum with distinct rhythms – and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa have their own ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

Lucy the Chimpanzee’s story is an animal rights nightmare. As told in the new documentary Lucy the Human Chimp, psychologist Maurice Temerlin and his wife, Jane, bought the fuzzy primate from a ...

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like linguistic Legos to relay complex meanings when communicating, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Chimpanzees are our closest primate relatives, sharing 99 percent of ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of a permanent caregiver can lead to this more fearful behavior. However, in ...