New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

This next story could not be introduced by a chimpanzee, unfortunately, but chimps do possess some of the building blocks of spoken language. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on two new studies that hint at ...

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A new study finds chimpanzees drum against tree roots with rhythm, suggesting they share an evolutionary trait with humans passed down by a last common ancestor. DaFranzos via Pixabay Wild chimpanzees ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy? Very possible, according to scientists who recently studied the development ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

The study of rhythmic structures, which appears in the journal Current Biology, analyzed the drumming patterns of chimps from the rainforests in East and West Africa. The trees in those rainforests ...