Great apes appear to build friendships much like humans do. By studying grooming behavior, researchers discovered that ...
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 ...
Chimpanzees and bonobos maintain tight inner circles of preferred grooming partners inside their wider social networks, ...
Is the instinct to spend more time with close companions and naturally drift from others innate? A study has found that this ...
Primates, including humans, are among the social animals living on Earth. Their survival relies heavily on cooperation with ...
When people find out we study chimpanzees, they usually ask about their dark side. “You know chimpanzees kill each other, right?” or “Aren’t they the only animals besides humans that wage wars?” ...
Nothing brings a group of primates together, humans included, quite like a threat from outside. Bonobos are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos, even during conflicts with ...
Chimpanzees (often colloquially “chimps”) are African great apes in the genus Pan, which has two living species: the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus). The common ...