Study reveals evolutionary advantage of human heel-first walking style
The average person takes thousands of steps each day, instinctively walking heel-to-toe. Although they hardly register them, those…
Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo
Dr. Ian Towle, a researcher with the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University, proposes folding nearly 5 million…
Uganda’s Great Chimpanzee Forests.
A CHIMPANZEE MAKES EYE CONTACT IN THE FOREST GREAT LAKES PABIDI LODGE BUDONGO FOREST The first chimpanzee appeared…
Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees – Scientists Want To Know Why
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild…
New Research Traces Origins of Human Laughter
The way humans laugh — in rapid, rhythmically timed bursts — is not uniquely ours. New research by…
Why Are Chimpanzees In Uganda Waging War On Each Other?
iStockphoto / Fabien Chesneau / USO Field biologists in Uganda have been following and tracking the behaviors of…
Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music
Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady…
Chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Now only two are left.
Their work inspired others to try and replicate their results, including a Columbia University professor named Herbert Terrace.…
Humans Evolved from African Ape-Like Ancestor, Research Suggests
In new research, paleoanthropologists from the United States and Canada analyzed the morphology of a hominin talus (large…
China zoo bans visitors from showing short videos to baby chimpanzee over eyesight concerns
A zoo in eastern China has become the focus of online chatter after banning visitors from showing a…