Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

The more we learn about chimpanzees, the more they resemble us – but the further back in time our shared ancestor seems to be ...

The idea that humans evolved from modern monkeys is one of the most common misunderstandings about evolution. Humans and monkeys instead share a distant common ancestor, while humans are apes and ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The Primate Myth: Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature, by Jonathan Leaf (Bombardier, 320 pp., $21) Ever since Darwin, biologists have believed that much could be learned ...

Jane Goodall died Wednesday. As she was universally regarded as the greatest living expert on chimpanzees, her passing is a momentous event. It’s one that comes at a time of upheaval in the field she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cheetah the Chimp, Johnny Sheffield as Boy, Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan, and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane sit on a tree branch in an ...