As it turns out, chimpanzees make pretty good doctors. For decades, scientists have been studying what chimpanzees do when ...

When scientists first discovered these remains of a teenage girl in 2010, they knew that the history of early humans was ...

If you have ever broken a bone, you quickly learn two things: it hurts a lot, and bones are living tissue that takes time to ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can "catch" yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research ...

Scientists used enamel proteins from 2-million-year-old teeth to find unexpected variation in Paranthropus robustus.

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

Nine years after a "beloved" chimpanzee who starred in a series of adverts for PG Tips tea died a study has revealed ...

These animals were anesthetized and then surgically given 40-millimeter (1.6-inch) wounds, but the team also observed naturally occurring wounds among five captive chimpanzees. The team observed ...

Our new study, using techniques previously used only on human remains, reveals the fascinating life story of Choppers, a celebrity chimpanzee ... and elsewhere in her skeleton.

The story of the life of one of the PG Tips chimps has been told using analysis of her skeleton. Choppers was ... to reconstruct the lives of ancient human figures, such as Richard III but this ...

The life story of a chimpanzee who was cared for at a Leicestershire ... The technique has been used on humans like Richard III, whose remains were found in a Leicester car park, to understand ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner A young chimpanzee looks on during an ...