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May 17, 2018

Quantum Chimpanzees: Do Watched Primates Change Their Behavior?

In particle physics, the mere act of looking at an electron changes its direction of movement. Could observing primates also change the outcome of what is observed?

June 12, 2018

Can Monkeys Be Gay? What Homosexual Behavior in Primates Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Human Sexuality

Recent observations of homosexual behavior in male spider monkeys adds to our knowledge of these behaviors and may help us answer questions about the evolutionary functions homosexual behaviors may play.

July 9, 2018

Sex Roles Are Flexible in Chimpanzees and Bonobos. What Does That Say About Human Evolution?

A new study shows that chimpanzees and bonobos are far more similar in their gender roles than previously thought. In order to understand the range of complexity in our evolutionary cousins’ social lives, perhaps we first need to recognize the range of complexity that exists in our own.

April 17, 2012

How Orangutan Engineers Build Safe and Comfortable Treetop Beds

"evolution of intelligence can be driven by the need to deal with the mechanical environment, rather than the prevailing orthodoxy that it’s only the social environment that’s important"

May 22, 2012

Science, On War (Part I)

This week Science magazine features a special volume on warfare and human conflict.

May 19, 2012

Why Peace is So Tricky for Humans

The role of third parties like the UN in resolving conflicts appears to have deep evolutionary roots.

April 19, 2012

Westoll Shows Us the Duality of Man by Looking Through the Eyes of Chimpanzees

It will change the way you reflect about man's relationship to the chimpanzee.

April 20, 2012

Frans de Waal on the Evolution of Morality

Primatologist Organizes Conference in Sicily on June 17-22

April 21, 2012

Why Chimpanzees Kill

A large study of killings in chimp communities across Africa has cast new light on the dark side of our closest living relatives.

October 8, 2012

For Some Primates, Survival of the Nicest

Baboons, like people, really do get by with a little help from their friends.

August 22, 2012

Bonobo Genius Makes Stone Tools Like Early Humans Did

The findings will fuel the ongoing debate over whether stone tools mark the beginning of modern human culture.