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 ...

Chimps share many traits that we consider to be uniquely human, but now a new study suggests that the menopause really does set humans apart from other apes. A detailed look at long-term fertility ...

Since all three ape species diverged from a common ancestor that lived roughly six million to eight million years ago, the findings hint that friendly touching to diffuse tension has deep evolutionary ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos structure their social relationships in similar ways to humans, according to a new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University and Universidad Carlos III de ...

The researchers pointed out that the chimps tested in the study are used to contact with humans and familiar with objects not found in the natural world, so future experiments should be carried out ...

WE’RE getting used to chimps doing things we once considered unique to humans. Now one human feature that really distinguishes us from other apes has been identified: the menopause. A comparison of ...