The hominins who lived at Gantangqing lived a heavily plant-based subsistence lifestyle. They had access to meat, and also ...

Chimpanzees in the wild lose technical skills with age, offering new insights into animal cognition and aging.

At the heart of conversation is turn-taking: the ability to coordinate interaction in time. This means alternating speaking ...

New research led by University of Oxford researchers has found that old age likely impacts the habitual tool-use behaviors of ...

A multitude of plants were used to heal various ailments. Essentially, chimpanzees were utilizing plant remedies akin to those of ancient humans as their form of self-care. It may seem strange to ...

Chimpanzees' self-medication with plants could aid drug discovery, according to a new study.

The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.

Animal self-medication has become a rapidly growing scientific discipline. Observers report observations of animals, from birds and rats to porcupines and chimpanzees, deliberately employing an ...

WILD chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda - ...

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.