Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State, the National Human Genome ...

However, observations by Dr. Surbeck and his team, and those of other researchers, challenge the harmonious stereotyping of ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Researchers have offered new insight into how our closest ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees – show empathy towards each ...

Image shows evolutionary relationships among the great apes (left) including chimpanzee, bonobo, human, gorilla, and two orangutan species (from top to bottom), and illustrations of representative ...