During an eight-month-long research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia, we studied consolation: the ...

Physical touch may be an important evolutionary tool to help manage social tension and keep the peace. That is according to a ...

When Jane Goodall was just 26 years old, she witnessed something that changed the world’s understanding of chimpanzees. The scientist, on a research assignment in Gombe, Tanzania, observed a chimp ...

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle nervously in an uncomfortable situation. They may chuckle with mild amusement. They may ...

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter. In a new study, ape species more closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, were able to laugh ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Tickling a chimpanzee, a gorilla and a human child causes similar rhythms of laughter, according to an analysis of primate behaviour. Laughter is a conserved vocalization in humans and their closest ...

A recent Instagram post by the Jane Goodall Institute (@janegoodallinst) points to evidence that male chimpanzees can ...

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between.

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For all the diversity of the human condition, one experience is almost universally painful: adolescence. It's also unusual. Most other species pass from puberty to adulthood quickly, but humans linger ...

Humans are closely related to chimpanzees and bonobos, but what are the key factors that make humans genetically different? A new study looks at the process of DNA methylation, in which chemical tags ...