(Hominins are a group of species that includes modern humans plus all our extinct ancestors and relatives since the split from the common ancestor we share with chimpanzees.) The Oldowan tools ...

Species: Pan troglodytes; P. paniscus Genome size: 3 billion base pairs; 2.9 billion base pairs Both sequenced in the last two years, the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and bonobo (P. paniscus) ...

"Interaction with tourists and loggers can expose chimpanzees to diseases that they cannot fight, like the common cold or the flu," said the Jane Goodall Institute. Even the Ebola virus is ...

Amandine Lions, a volunteer at the Papaye International association, carries Tchossa, a young orphaned chimpanzee on her back during their daily walk Populations of common chimpanzees, which used ...

Complete human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan genomes have provided us a window into understanding the complex speciation process of these species' common ancestor. Analyses of these ...