By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing about 98% of our DNA. Because of this, scientists can learn more about human evolution by studying how chimpanzees adapt to different ...

While researching captive chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Kyoto, Japan, she noticed that the animals all tended to pee at the same time. This observation reminded her of certain human ...

Chimpanzees, and the closely related bonobos, are the species nearest genetically to humans, sharing about 98.8 per cent of our DNA. The human and chimpanzee evolutionary lineages split about 6.9 ...

“You can't get the chimps to spit in a tube and send it off to 23 and Me," said Arizona State University professor and study co-author Kevin Langergraber. He says the team found genetic differences ...

Chimps have genetically adapted to thrive in their natural habitats and avoid deadly malaria, according to a new study. The primates are our closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of their ...