Learn how urine tests revealed that wild chimpanzees metabolize alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, and what that could mean for human evolution.

The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal ...

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, received an outpour of online love after videos of him clutching a small orangutan plushie at the ...

You’re at a pretend tea party, but instead of sitting across from toddlers in tiaras, you’re clinking cups with Kanzi—an ape ...

No, chimpanzees and other great apes cannot breed with monkeys. Even though we often think of primates – the order of mammals that includes great apes such as chimps and ourselves, gibbons, monkeys ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention ...

It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...

Braun stars in a new campaign for Bonobos, wearing the brand's chinos — which he says he's a huge fan of Hedy Phillips is the Senior Style News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When writing headlines for stories about human evolution, ...

(CNN) — Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not ...

National News Study: Bonobos can play make-believe, like humans New research suggests bonobos can engage in pretend play, a behavior long thought to be uniquely human.