A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to chimpanzees. By comparing full and half siblings across species and human cultures, ...

QUESTION:Setting aside all the myriad ethical objections, could chimpanzees and humans successfully interbreed? ANSWER: No one knows — or if they do, they're keeping it to themselves, says Dr. Ian ...

(A young chimpanzee swings from a tree branch outdoors. Credit: Abeselom Zerit / Shutterstock.) Young chimpanzees differ from human children in a key way—the hairier creatures seem to take physical ...

An experimental study of modern chimpanzees has documented patterns of behavior that seemingly mirror those of our prehistoric human ancestors, casting light on how our predecessors may have utilized ...