Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human. In a series of experiments designed ...
What would a chimpanzee do if you handed it a glittering quartz crystal? Apparently, the same thing many of us would—hold ...
A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives ...
Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese ...
"The way they ‘studied' it there, turning it over to observe it from different angles, was amazing." ...
A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...
Some smaller crystals were never recovered at all. The findings, published March 3, 2026 in the journal Frontiers in ...
The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of ...
Like any other close relative at the family table, chimpanzees may throw vengeful fits, but they also lend a helping hand. A recent spate of experiments out of the Max Planck Institute for ...
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