An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

“Chimps are going to chimp out,” Howard's post said ... “I meant the post as a joke to raise awareness for the decay of society with trashy music and behavior.” Many students found and reposted ...

Discover how the "audience effect" boosts chimpanzees' performance on tough tasks, revealing social behavior parallels with ...

Chimpanzees, like humans, change their behavior when observed. Research suggests complex social awareness among primates.

OUR stories of young people receiving their Duke of Edinburgh awards reminded one reader of an occasion when comedian Dickie Henderson took ...

Did you know? A new study carried out by researchers at Kyoto University, Japan, suggests that with a human audience, ...

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their ...

Six chimpanzees at a Kyoto research centre were observed carrying out touchscreen tasks. A research team found the animals ...

The researchers studied chimpanzees interacting with touch screens, observing how their performance changed based on the number of human observers.

Findings suggest ‘audience effect’ predates the development of human societies based on reputation, researchers say.

Chimpanzees appear to seek out plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments, according to a new study led by the ...

There are a few versions of the Forbidden Experiment, but most involve raising a child while depriving them of key social ...