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

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 ...

Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

NAIROBI ― Understanding the genetic traits of chimpanzees and how they help them adapt to unique conditions in different ...

The cheerful Duke Dennis is walking around, holding hands with an orangutan, and getting in the car like best buddies! Bet ...

“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 ...

Language is often thought to be a uniquely human trait, but deep in the lush Kibale National Park in Uganda, a remarkable pair of chimpanzees are challenging that notion. Beryl, a chimpanzee ...

While every aminal needs to relieve itself, new research shows that chimpanzees, who share 98 percent of their DNA with humans, intentionally pee in groups. Scientists are now trying to establish ...

Humans are known to invent private hand ... “There’s only 1 percent of DNA difference between us and chimps, right?” Dr. Pika added. “So why are we always making up these big gaps instead ...

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 ...