New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In ...

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 ...

Luella and Winthrop Niles Kellogg believed they could use their own child in a chilling experiment involving a chimpanzee. Toddler Donald Kellogg was just 10 months old when he became one of the ...

A committee of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine has prepared a report on the necessity of chimpanzee experimentation. The report was recently released and concluded that the use of ...

And chimps outperform humans. I once watched Matsuzawa show videos of his experiments with Ai and Ayumu at a conference attended by the world’s leading chimp researchers, including Jane Goodall, ...

The National Institutes of Health wants you to believe that chimpanzee experimentation is necessary. It so badly wants you to believe this that the agency just two months ago began to use your tax ...

Chimpanzees live in fiercely hierarchical social communities whose male members remain within the same group over time. To prevent inbreeding, females migrate to new communities when they reach ...

An hour’s drive down a ragged dirt road, deep in the heart of Uganda’s Kibale National Park, a small research camp sits in the middle of chimpanzee territory. Tangled vines drape ancient trees in the ...

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

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 ...