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The Company She Keeps: How Chimpanzee Friendships Shape Infant Survival
A new study of wild chimpanzees finds that social moms raise stronger babies—even without family ties
9:51
Why Humans Talk to Babies: The Evolutionary Puzzle of Infant-Directed Speech
Among all great apes, only Homo sapiens showers its infants with babbling, cooing, and high-pitched “baby talk.” A new study shows just how rare—and…
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A Shared Fascination: Social Curiosity in Pan troglodytes and Human Children
A new lens on our evolutionary past
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Stone, Sound, and Signal: Chimpanzees and the Drums of the Forest
What stone-throwing chimpanzees in West Africa reveal about the roots of culture, communication, and noise-making among our primate cousins.
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May 2025

After the Storm: How Mozambique’s Primates Weathered Cyclone Idai
In Gorongosa, baboons and vervet monkeys reveal what it means to adapt when disaster strikes
13:59
Mischief in the Canopy: The Curious Case of Capuchins and Howler Infants
What Monkey Abductions in Panama Tell Us About Primate Innovation, Culture, and the Limits of Empathy
13:32
The Rhythms of the Forest: Orangutan Calls and the Evolutionary Roots of Language
How Sumatran Apes Taught Scientists a New Way to Think About Human Communication
12:46
The Healing Forest
How chimpanzees in Uganda reveal the deep evolutionary roots of medicine and care
12:08
A Secure Start: What Chimpanzee Childhood Reveals About Ours
Studying mother–offspring bonds in the wild points to deep evolutionary roots of attachment—and what we may have lost
12:18
Language in the Canopy: How Chimpanzees Combine Calls to Expand Meaning
What the chatter of chimps tells us about the origins of human language
14:33
Jungle Beats and Primate Minds
What chimpanzee drumming can tell us about rhythm, identity, and the roots of human musicality
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The Burden of Belonging: How Gorilla Societies Complicate the Link Between Friendship and Fitness
Long-term study reveals how group dynamics and individual personalities intertwine in gorilla health, reproduction, and leadership—reshaping how we…
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