In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

By Charles Mpaka Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa and Asia. Apes have shown resilience to these ...

A new study revealed that great apes tease one another just like humans do, including hair pulling, poking, staring in faces and other behaviors.

People regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language. A new study suggests humans can also understand sign language used by apes, meaning they may retain an understanding of ape ...

Extinct ape’s inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright New 3D scans of a six-million-year-old Lufengpithecus' skull fossil clarify a potential evolutionary step towards ...

"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" co-stars offered a grim assessment of humans and what they've done to the planet during an interview promoting their film.

Foley and Mirazón Lahr stressed the importance of knowing more about the missing ape evolutionary evidence in the interview. “Chimpanzees and bonobos are the closest living relatives of humans, having ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to change their behavior, a new study shows.

"Capuchin monkeys stick their fingers in their friends' eyes as sign of affection, why have humans developed kissing?" researcher Adriano R. Lameira said.

Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa and Asia. Apes have shown resilience to these disruptions by adapting ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to change their behavior, a new study shows.