A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, ...

Though natural selection favours self-interest, humans are extraordinarily good at cooperating with one another. Why?

According to the experts, humans will look a lot more uniform in the future. They predict the average person will have darker ...

But did you know there’s a strange tree that walks like humans, with large “feet” and keeps moving forward? This fascinating tree has roots that grow in a way that allows it to shift from ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

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For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Multiple studies have indicated that wild chimpanzees ... where and in what trees they can find ripe wild fruit. Less has been understood about whether and how the great apes use their memory ...

Chimps can recognize ignorance in humans, reveals new research. Bonobos have the "ape-titude" to tell when a person doesn't know something, say scientists. To get treats, the primates "eagerly" ...