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Mothers as Communication Teachers: What Young Chimpanzees Reveal About the Deep Roots of Human Language
A new study from Kibale National Park shows that chimps learn how to combine gestures and vocalizations from their mothers, not their fathers—pointing…
10:09
When Female Gorillas Move, Friendship Matters
How old bonds shape the shifting social world of Gorilla beringei beringei
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Kambiz Kamrani
7:10
Molars, Monsoons, and Migration: What Primate Teeth Reveal About Ancient Climates
A new study tracks rainfall and water stress in the lives of primates—week by week—through stable isotopes in tooth enamel. The implications reach deep…
15:01

July 2025

Scrumping Apes and the Ancient Roots of Human Feasting
How fallen fruit, fermentation, and social sharing shaped our evolutionary appetite
10:16
Did Early Humans Learn to Walk in the Trees?
How Tanzanian chimpanzees challenge our assumptions about the origins of bipedalism
12:23
Stone, Nut, and Memory: How Old Age Shapes the Technological Lives of Wild Chimpanzees
A new study reveals how elderly chimps slowly withdraw from one of their most iconic cultural behaviors, stone tool nut cracking, & what this might tell…
12:53
The Grass-Fashioned Chimpanzees of Zambia
What a Blade of Grass Can Teach Us About Primate Culture
16:01
Power and the Primates: Rethinking Dominance Between the Sexes
What intersex aggression in primates reveals about the evolution of gender roles
15:38

June 2025

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…
11:27
A Shared Fascination: Social Curiosity in Pan troglodytes and Human Children
A new lens on our evolutionary past
13:09
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.
9:25
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