With funding from The Leakey Foundation, a team of scientists has made fascinating new discoveries that shed light on the origins and evolution of Neanderthals.
New moms need social support, and mother chimpanzees are no exception. So much so that female chimps that lack supportive friends and family wait longer to start having babies, according to researchers who have combed through the records of Jane Goodall's famous Gombe chimpanzees.
With funding from The Leakey Foundation, scientists have discovered a new species of orangutan in Sumatra. This great ape is "among the most threatened great apes in the world."
Research findings on 'Alesi,' a newly discovered 13 million-year-old fossil ape species, were published this week in the journal Nature and the story has been widely carried in the press. The research team behind the Nyanzapithecus alesi discovery has collaborated to put together this list of questions and answers.