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Gorillas and humans share 98.3% of their DNA. That figure comes from genome sequencing published in Nature in 2012, which also found that roughly 30% of the gorilla genome is actually closer to humans ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long ...

A viral video of a young gorilla bursting into laughter-like sounds while being gently tickled by a familiar human caretaker is doing more than entertaining millions online. According to a recent ...

In Cameroon’s Campo Ma’an National Park, western lowland gorillas were once a rare sight. If they heard a human voice, they fled. That reaction was driven by a long history of human-led activities, ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. A University of Warwick study published Thursday found that humans and all four other living great ape species—chimpanzees, bonobos, ...

I once took an anthropology class to learn about humans. We went to the zoo to observe primate behavior. I asked my friend Nanda Grow about the behavior you describe – throwing poop. She’s a ...