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

But humans aren’t the only ones with coping strategies. Our closest primate relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, also navigate social tension in pretty surprising ways. Bonobos, often seen as the ...

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.

Bonobos share 98.7% of their DNA with humans, making them one of our closest genetic relatives. However, their behavior is vastly different from that of chimpanzees, the other great ape with whom we ...

A new look into the private lives of chimpanzees has found that the primates settle disagreements with close friends by ...

An international team of scientists has found that bonobos and chimpanzees, our genetic cousins, use sexual behaviors to manage social tensions, resolve disagreements, and foster group cohesion.

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. ... Scientists Discover Genes to ...