The results were telling. Plants selected by chimpanzees to make tools were significantly more flexible — on average, 175% ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

In an exciting first that highlights a mysterious aspect of human technological evolution, chimpanzees impressively engineer tools to fish for termites in Tanzania. For chimpanzees, termites might be ...

Male chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park use distinct “auditory gestures” to attract females. However, ...

Osteobiography involves the analysis of bones and other tissue. It is more commonly used in archaeology to reconstruct the ...

Chimpanzees in Tanzania choose flexible materials for termite tools, revealing clues about the origins of human intelligence ...

This is due to habitat destruction, hunting and infectious diseases, among other threats. Understanding how chimpanzees have ...

New research from Oxford University has revealed chimpanzee "engineering" capabilities that aid them in retrieving insects as food sources.

Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees living in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide ...

This finding could help us understand how early humans developed their tool-making capabilities. "This is the first direct evidence that wild chimpanzees select plant materials for termite fishing ...

A chimpanzee at San Francisco Zoo and Gardens who was said to be one of the oldest in the United States died this week at the ...