The researchers extracted 10 principal regulatory modules from the whole-genome data and ranked them in descending order of ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

Chimpanzees can combine vocal calls to form new meanings. This suggests a primitive form of syntax, hinting at the roots of ...

Learn more about how researchers have discovered that chimps can combine calls in multiple ways to create new meanings, ...

A recent study has revealed that wild chimpanzees use vocal combinations with remarkable complexity, analogous to fundamental ...

Two studies of wild chimps point to the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimp communication ...

New research suggests wild chimpanzees have developed a far more nuanced communication system than previously realized.

There is no animal that physically looks exactly like we humans but with research, it has been confirmed over the years that certain animals are genetically related to us. Their reactions sometimes ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...

New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.

Chimpanzees combine hoots, calls and grunts to convey far more concepts than with single sounds alone. It may be a first among nonhuman animals.