Wild chimpanzees use tools during some of the most cognitively and physically demanding foraging behaviors observed in non-human animals. While the behavioral changes that occur with aging have been ...

Traveling can be an eye-opening experience for chimpanzees, forcing them to become more innovative. According to a study published Tuesday in the journal eLife, well-traveled chimpanzees are more ...

Wild chimpanzees show reduced participation and performance in their tool-use behaviours as they experience old age, according to long-term video observations. The study, published today in eLife, ...

Cumulative culture is a remarkable phenomenon: it refers to a species’ ability to build up knowledge and skills over time, with ideas and practices becoming more complex and refined from one ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are native to the forests and savannas of central and western Africa. These creatures are our closest living relatives and share approximately 98.8% of our DNA. Similar ...

Source: Ruben van Kuik, via Wikimedia Commons. How do scientists study the evolution of human culture and cognition? There aren’t any early hominins around—but there are chimpanzees, our closest ...

In 1960, Jane Goodall began her groundbreaking field study by living among chimpanzees in Tanzania. In 1986 she told the BBC how similar chimps and humans really are. On 14 July 1960, 65 years ago ...