A study using motion-activated cameras in a forest in Guinea Bissau, west Africa, has provided the first evidence for the ...

Though the reason behind this action is unclear, researchers suggest socially consuming alcohol may have offered evolutionary ...

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 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 ...

Chimpanzees have been spotted eating and sharing an alcoholic fruit in the wild for the first time, leaving scientists ...

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

For the first time, researchers have filmed chimpanzees in the wild sharing fermented African breadfruit, which contains ...

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

In the wild, some animals have a taste for fermented fruit –which contains small amounts of alcohol. Now, for the first time, ...

Psychologists from Durham University, UK, observed the behaviour of 90 sanctuary-living apes to establish whether bonobos were more likely than chimpanzees ... our last common ancestor likely ...