New research shows bonobos and chimpanzees comfort others at similar rates, challenging old beliefs about ape empathy.

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, have observed the behavior of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos ...

Though the reason behind this action is unclear, researchers suggest socially consuming alcohol may have offered evolutionary benefits to a common ancestor of both humans and chimps ...

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

Chimps in Guinea-Bissau were recorded sharing fermented breadfruits in the wild, offering a clue about the origins of social ...

New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history.

Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study ...

A research team led by the University of Exeter set up cameras in Guinea-Bissau's Cantanhez National Park. Footage of chimps ...

The researchers used motion-activated cameras, which filmed chimps sharing fermented fruits on 10 separate occasions. Fruit shared by these chimps was tested for alcohol content. The highest level ...

Wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing fruit containing alcohol for the first time. Researchers set up ...

You don’t have to venture far to observe humans in the wild sharing a few ... millions of years ago — when we last shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees. “If chimpanzees do it and ...