In 1989, paleontologist Darren Tanke suggested that similar breaks were the result of mating as one dinosaur mounted the ...

Why is swapping saliva something all human societies have normalised? Turns out kissing isn't just a human thing — all sorts of species appear to kiss, and new research suggests Neanderthals did it ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in groups where only one female breeds,” he explained. “Whereas humans live in ...

Monkey Day lands on December 14, and while it may sound like a quirky holiday, it highlights something extraordinary: primates are far more impressive, skilled, and complex than most people realize.

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

(CNN) — Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

Though chimpanzees and gorillas often coexist in the same areas, interactions of any kind are thought to be rare – those that do happen have been described as relaxed and peaceful. While the adults ...

We have recently read a lot about the remarkable life's work of the great chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall, who passed away on 1 October 2025. We learned that the Kenyan archaeologist and ...

New research suggests chimpanzees can rethink their choices when new evidence emerges, a hallmark of human-like reasoning. Credit: Shutterstock A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees ...

Two chimpanzees sit in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, where the study took place. Merryjack via Flickr under CC BY-SA 4.0 Whether you realize it or not, you spend a large chunk of ...