The research finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results show that ...

Wild chimpanzees change the meaning of individual calls by combining them in different ways, a behavior that reflects how ...

Language Connection: Researchers discovered a neuronal connection related to language in chimpanzee brains, previously thought to be unique to humans. Arcuate Fasciculus: The arcuate fasciculus links ...

Field observers followed mother-infant pairs in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, for four years. They noted the parenting ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these large tree roots that grow above the soil can produce low frequency sounds.

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of ...

Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too. In the forests of Uganda, wild chimpanzees have ...

Credit: Adrian Soldati/Current Biology/Cover Images Eat your heart out Dairy Milk gorilla, because chimpanzees are expert ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

The researchers say these findings suggest that the building blocks of human musicality arose in a common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans. New research from a team of cognitive scientists and ...

Chimpanzee drumming. Credit: Current Biology/Eleuteri et al. To find out, Eleuteri and her team, including senior authors Catherine Hobaiter of the University of St. Andrews in the UK and Andrea ...

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee ...