Doug was the leader of his chimpanzee group. He had quickly gained a reputation from human observers as a fair and tolerant ...

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...

Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases and sentences, according to findings published on Thursday in the journal Science. The pygmy ...

Some chimpanzees seem to use sexual behaviour like genital rubbing to manage stressful situations, which shows they aren’t as different from hypersexual bonobos – our other closest living ape ...

Chimpanzees, bonobos (also known as pygmy chimps), and ... So if this species or sub-species is a hybrid of a chimp mother and a gorilla father, current DNA would only identify information from ...

Humans share this behavioral strategy with our closest living ape relatives—bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by ...

But other researchers said that the study, which had been conducted on bonobos, close relatives of chimpanzees, had little to reveal about how we use words. “The present findings don’t tell us ...

Chimpanzees, bonobos (also known as pygmy chimps), and ... So if this species or sub-species is a hybrid of a chimp mother and a gorilla father, current DNA would only identify information from ...

Bonobo groups are overseen by coalitions of dominant females and their sons, whereas the chimp hierarchy is usually structured around an alpha male and his male cronies. Bonobos are generally ...