Washoe, a female chimpanzee said to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the U.S. research institute where she was kept. Washoe was said by her keepers to ...

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into sentences, creating infinite meanings. This process is based on linguistic rules ...

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) ...

Learn everything we know about chimpanzee intelligence, including their problem-solving skills and how they compare to other ...

J ane Goodall, the famous conservationist best known for her work studying chimpanzees, has died, the Jane Goodall Institute announced on Wednesday morning. She was 91. Goodall died of natural causes ...

Hearing genes seem to set people apart from chimpanzees, humanity's closest living relative. The human genome is about 99 per cent identical to the chimp genome. Researchers compared human, mouse and ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. By Carl Zimmer If you’ve ever cooed at a baby, ...

Jane Goodall's powers of observation revealed facts scholars had overlooked for years. She died at 91 on October 1.