Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our ...

Recent research has shattered previous assumptions about primate social complexity, revealing that chimpanzees and bonobos form distinct “circles of friends” much like human social networks. This ...

Bonobos and chimps are our closest living links to the six million-year-old ancestor from which both they and we descended. As primatologist Frans de Waal points out, Kano's work "was a major ...

A small brain region reacts strongly to chimp calls. This shows that our voice system links to older primate signals.

A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked, anatomically, to human ancestors than common chimpanzees.

We all love seeing videos of baby animals, and who can resist a video celebrating a little one's first birthday! Cincinnati shared an adorable video of their baby bonobo, Daisy, featuring clips from ...

When it comes to monogamy, humans more closely resemble meerkats and beavers than our primate cousins.

If you’ve heard the common phrase, “Bonobos make love, not war,” you might wonder about the context behind this statement. Essentially, bonobos use sexual activity as a form of conflict resolution.