Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, sharing approximately 98.4% of our DNA. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans, they belong to the great apes or Hominidae family. The last ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

An international research team has mapped the genomes of six ape species, revealing genetic distinctions that shed light on primate evolution. The study, published in Nature, provides a deeper ...

Researchers have mapped non-B DNA motifs in the genomes of great apes, highlighting their potential role in genome evolution, ...

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

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

The resource is already lending itself to comparative studies that offer new insights into human and ape evolution, and into what underlies the functional differences among these species.