These fundamental distinctions, and the other criteria discussed in this comparison, can help determine which species prevail in combat. A chimp would win a fight against a human. Although chimps ...

For instance, chimpanzees are 1.35 times stronger than humans, and this would give them an incredible advantage in hand-to-hand combat. What’s more, chimps are extremely territorial, waging wars ...

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 ...

Self-stimulation seems to be an exaggerated coping mechanism to combat boredom because "the chimpanzee's body and its products are among the very few objects in the restricted environment that are ...

National Geographic assigned Hugo to document chimp behaviors but also to film and photograph what they called “human interest”—Jane playing with the chimps and even washing her hair.

An entourage of subordinate chimps is gathered eagerly around Steward, the big alpha-male chimpanzee, at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center outside of Atlanta. They're watching Steward ...