For thousands of years, humans have come together in small group to feast on food. Why is it important – and why do we still ...

Studies on intraspecific variation in animal social structures are needed to inform an evolutionary account of human sociality. Here, we study multiple independent bonobo populations (n = 6) in ...

making it potentially vulnerable to future ecological changes and human activities such as encroachment. These findings suggest the bonobos are at higher risk than previously thought in several ...

Bonobos, human’s closest relatives, are classified as an endangered species. Groundbreaking research suggests their vulnerability might be even more severe than previously thought. In a first-of ...

The findings also bolster the theory that long-term memory in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos likely comes from our shared ...

Among the great apes, our closest relatives are the chimpanzees and bonobos (Figure 1). The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared a common ancestor ...

Though very close in genetic relationship and virtually next-door neighbors, chimpanzees and a less-well-known species called bonobos in Zaire are socially poles apart. Only identified as a ...

Bonobos are the non-human primates with the most extensive vocal repertoire Our primate cousins have surprised and impressed scientists in recent years, with revelations about monkeys' tool-using ...

Bonobos, commonly seen as the peace-loving primate, are, together with chimpanzees, the closest living relatives to humans as our genomes differ from theirs in only 1% of genetic bases.

The analysis also looked at parallels in the animal world of behaviour similar in form and function to human kissing. Chimpanzees and bonobos use gestures to initiate and change positions during ...

Bonobos, commonly seen as the peace-loving primate, are, together with chimpanzees, the closest living relatives to humans as our genomes differ from theirs in only one per cent of genetic bases. The ...