The researchers wondered what would happen if a Neanderthal baby’s face grew following a human timeline or if a chimpanzee’s face grew like a Neanderthal’s. So they ran some simulations to ...

In the 1970s, a peculiar chimpanzee named Oliver captivated ... with a flatter face and prominent ears that gave him an almost human profile. Most striking was his consistent bipedal walking ...

This connection between human and chimpanzee face-to-face communication indicates that there are some underlying rules in communication in primates. The team notes that these structures could ...

Very much like Fiona did, they will extend their arm with the object in their hand out toward the face of their caregiver ... an experience with another ape. "Human infants, from about 10 months ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives. But how much of their communication resembles ours? A lot, it turns out. According to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology ...

Scientists using advanced X-ray imaging technology have reconstructed the face of a 12 million-year-old great ape, opening a window ... species assigned to the human family tree.