Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees engineer tools by selecting flexible plants for termite fishing
Researchers find wild chimpanzees prefer plants 2.75 times more flexible, indicating sophisticated understanding of material properties.
After 600 hours of observation, scientists think they know why chimps pee together
From nuts to innovation: How chimpanzee tool selection informs human origins
Chimpanzees organize complex tool-use sequences like humans, revealing deep evolutionary origins
Study highlights role of young females in the spread of advanced tools in chimpanzees
Female migrations facilitate the spread of advanced tool use among chimpanzee groups, according to the study.
Chimpanzees perform complex tasks better when watched by humans, study finds
Findings suggest the audience effect may be deeply rooted in the social evolution of great apes.
Chimpanzees can't reproduce Shakespeare, even if they type forever, a study finds
Scientists concluded that even if all 200,000 chimpanzees typed a letter a second until the end of the universe, they would have no chance of replicating Shakespeare's works.
