"This work should serve as a definitive baseline for future evolutionary studies of humans and our closest living ape relatives." The human genome was first sequenced in 2001, and since then, ...

indicate that this extinct ape relied equally on its forelimbs and hind limbs. Comparisons of two Danuvius spinal bones with those of fossil and living apes suggest that the newly discovered ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than ...

Scientists have fully sequenced the genomes of six living ape species, enabling long-awaited comparisons of hard-to-assemble genomic regions. Yoo and colleagues’ work elevates the quality of ape ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

This suggests that emotional sensitivity to others emerges early in ape development ... help further our understanding of our closest living relatives, which in turn could shed light on the ...

"These ape genomes will enable us to reconstruct the ... Chimps, along with bonobos, are our nearest living primate relatives. It is widely reported that chimps and humans share 99% of their ...

"This work should serve as a definitive baseline for future evolutionary studies of humans and our closest living ape relatives." The human genome was first sequenced in 2001, and since then ...