It turns out you don’t have to be Jane Goodall to understand apes. Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study ...
Humans share elements of a common language with other apes, understanding many gestures that wild chimps and bonobos use to communicate. That is the conclusion of a video-based study in which ...
The chimps were socialized into understanding ... apes give us a snapshot into how these signals could have evolved into ...
This research challenges previously-held assumptions that only humans and great apes make gestures. "Our findings encourage ...
"If great apes engage in playful teasing, it also reminds us that teasing is independent of language and not human unique ...
A chimpanzee rests its chin on its hand, looking like the ape version of Rodin’s “The Thinker.” “There’s a picture of me ...
In the clip, a young ape dealt with the rise of a despotic leader centuries after the death of the group's former leader, Caesar. The film, which had its first trailer debut late last year ...
Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us ...
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