Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

This small ape, called Yuanmoupithecus xiaoyuan, shines a new light on the evolution of hylobatids, which are poorly understood mainly due to the rarity of their fossils. Nicole Barber, a PhD student ...

What they found deepened the understanding of these endangered small apes. "Their adaptability to environmental changes is better than we expected," Fan said. Their research compared the daily ...

A new species of great ape may not have been alone in Europe’s ancient woodlands. Only two primates, humans and barbary macaques, today call the continent home, but this hasn’t always been the case.In ...

Life Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children. In lab experiments, chimpanzees and bonobos share peanuts and grapes with other apes who shared food first, doing so at about ...

Kanzi showed apes have the capacity for language, but in recent years scientists have questioned the ethics of ape experiments. ... King walked in and told Kanzi she had a present. A small, ...