By John Cannon Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put ...

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 ...

Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even when offered tools. Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even ...

From school to work to everyday life, you’ve likely been part of groups that work together smoothly and others that quickly ...

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream National Park revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzee intelligence. In 1960, she observed a chimp named David Greybeard stripping leaves from twigs to ...