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Chimpanzees and people already share much when it comes to our evolutionary history, and the latest research shows we have a similar appreciation for fairness as well. A study published in the ...

Researchers have found two important building blocks of human speech in wild chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives. A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic ...

But their closest cousins, bonobos, are more like us, according to scientists. Experiments conducted at Lola ya Bonobo ...

The frequently cited 99% similarity between human and chimp DNA overlooks key differences in the genomes.