Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...

Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...

The ability to imagine -- to play pretend -- has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests certain apes may be able to as well.

By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human — a ...

The Prime Video anime series has everything: a human-chimpanzee lead, vegan eco-terrorists, and high school drama with a ...

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

Amy Poehler and Jason Bateman got a fright while working with a chimp on a 2005 "Saturday Night Live" skit, and each reacted differently to the incident.

On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in dna can have massive effects.