Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

Bonobo chimpanzees are unique among primates because they do not kill other bonobos. … They still showed increased alertness ...

Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of ...

Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners… though frankly, I’m not too happy about it. Old 2024 may have been an Annus Horribilis, but 2025 ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly ...

A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

More than 59 different primate species have been observed participating in some kind of same-sex behaviors, making it ...

Elon Musk and Twitter continue to defend Grok generating sexualized deepfakes and CSAM, but some countries are enforcing bans ...