Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's stronghold for the endangered species. The research estimates that between ...

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Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Bonobos, commonly seen as the peace-loving primate, are, together with chimpanzees, the closest living relatives to humans as our genomes differ from theirs in only 1% of genetic bases.

making it potentially vulnerable to future ecological changes and human activities such as encroachment. These findings suggest the bonobos are at higher risk than previously thought in several ...

Studies on intraspecific variation in animal social structures are needed to inform an evolutionary account of human sociality. Here, we study multiple independent bonobo populations (n = 6) in ...

Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's stronghold for the ...