A new study sheds light on the role of sexual behavior in apes, which has implications for understanding its evolutionary ...

We don't just have sex to reproduce—new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that ...

Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, can tell when a human doesn’t know something and steps in to help — a cognitive ability never before identified in nonhuman apes, a study found.

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 ...

A new study has shown that bonobos, the ape closest to humans, can teach their human partners the location of a snack that only they know. This seemingly simple study has been praised for ...

We share over ninety-eight percent of our DNA with some species of ... In their native region, Bonobos are extremely endangered due to human activity, particularly poaching and habitat destruction.

describes an experiment with three bonobos, a species of ape that shares 98.7% of its DNA with humans. During the experiment, the three bonobos, named Nyota (aged 25), Kanzi (43), and Teco (13 ...

The research team conducted an experiment to observe the behavior of bonobos, which varies according to human knowledge. In an experiment involving three bonobos, one researcher first hid a snack ...

NARRATOR:'The Characters of DNA, impossible to discuss ... when he compares humans to psychopathic Chimpsand social Bonobos.' LEAH:Bonobos are the complete opposite of Chimps.

“Humans share a common ancestor with bonobos, as well as more than 98 per cent of the same DNA, making them our closest living relatives and potentially the perfect role models for improving ...