It has long been known chimpanzees are genetically quite similar to humans. We share a multitude of similarities, from social ...

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like affinities for art and language; self-awareness; and an understanding of ...

Known as the Savanna Hypothesis, the prevailing theory suggests that as tropical forests began receding due to natural climate change, the early hominins that lived in the trees of those forests ...

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of ...

Jungle music: Chimp drumming reveals building blocks of human rhythm Out ... The findings lend fresh weight to the theory that the raw ingredients of human music were present before our evolutionary ...

A theory proposed in 1992 by American ethnobotanist Terence McKenna in his book Food of the Gods is often informally referred to as the “Stoned Ape” theory. McKenna proposed that the evolution ...

an ideal game develops an optimal pattern predicted by game theory, in which each player makes the most strategic choice possible. The researchers found that chimpanzees would reach this “equilibrium” ...

Eric Goode's new four-hour project tells an only-somewhat-wild, generally sad story of a celebrity chimp, his obsessive handler and Alan Cumming. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic With ...

This still distinguishes Terrace's theory of language from Chomsky's ... smoke cigarettes and that sort of thing, I'd never had a chimpanzee request weed from me. That was an eye-opener." ...