Mushrooms may have been part of early human diets: primate study explores who eats what and when
A recent study from the Issa Valley in western Tanzania highlights a surprising, and potentially crucial, role for fungi in primate diets.
Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans
A new study of wild chimpanzees reveals that young chimps are the biggest daredevils, challenging what we think about risk-taking in human adolescence.
The kids are smarter than you think
Young chimpanzees are innovative, inventing new tools and improving on ones that adults use. New research suggests that creative experimentation could make children important drivers of cultural evolution.
How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out
How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? A new study on savannah-living chimpanzees could help answer questions about the origins of upright walking.
Capuchin monkeys develop bizarre “fad” of abducting baby howlers
On Panama’s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys—a behavior never before seen in wild primates.