“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of ...

Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Anthropology Professor Jill Pruetz long suspected that man-made changes influenced the aggressive behavior researchers have observed among chimpanzees. However, her ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the US more likely than younger children to die from injury.

A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions of male mating gestures. This coincides with declining chimpanzee ...

The curious minds at What If reveal the truth about human and chimpanzee evolution, comparing genomes, behavior, and ...

We've spent decades changing how people see chimpanzees. Movies like 'Primate' threaten all that progress.