A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

New research reveals chimpanzees' thoughtful tool selection mirrors ancient human ancestors' behaviours, offering a glimpse into humanity's distant past and shared evolutionary roots in tool-making.

To many people’s surprise, hunting and eating meat is a regular part of wild chimpanzee life. Chimps' hunting varies between ...

Study finds some chimps twice as skilled at nut-cracking, highlighting 25 years of research on intelligence and tool use.

An international team of paleobiologists, anthropologists and behavioral scientists has found that the process used by modern ...

It was observed that younger chimpanzees often mimicked the tool selections of older individuals, suggesting that knowledge of effective stone tools may be passed down through generations. This ...

Dr. Goodall said it's vital to "impose tough regulations on what people are able to do to the environment," "rapidly move ...

Humans and chimpanzees share more than 95% of our genome, and yet we are remarkably different. A new study highlights the ...

Two chimpanzees beat a macaque to death after he entered their enclosure at Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung, reports said Thursday.

When chimpanzees reach adolescence, life becomes very different from what they've experienced so far — they must find their place in the complex social world of adults. Rachna Reddy, a biological ...

New research shows significant variation in the nut-cracking skills of chimpanzees, suggesting cognitive differences.