A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

Fossils found in Georgia challenge existing theories of human origins, suggesting two early human species coexisted at the Dmanisi site.

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

SOME OLD FRIENDS. SO ABBY’S CARRYING IVY. SHE’S IVY’S FOSTER MOM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THEM AROUND. IS LOLA IN THE CHIMPANZEE FOREST AT THE MARYLAND ZOO IN BALTIMORE. THEY DON’T KNOW IT YET, BUT THE ...

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda -- The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. Onesmas Ainebyona stalks the chimps ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda -- The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. Onesmas Ainebyona stalks the chimps ...

"When participants heard chimpanzee vocalizations, this response was clearly distinct from that triggered by bonobos or macaques." This specificity is all the more remarkable given that bonobos, ...

If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol levels. Researchers are also interested in the levels of cholesterol and ...

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP) — The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go — except up in the trees. KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP ...

A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to consider a lawsuit that seeks to remove seven chimpanzees from an Upper Peninsula zoo and to legally recognize the primates as ...