apes

The 12-million-year-old bones of a previously unknown species named Danuvius guggenmosi challenge the prevailing view about when and where our ancestors first started walking upright.

The now-extinct gibbon was buried with the grandmother of China’s first emperor and her many pets.

The primate was famous for her ability to communicate with humans.

The Tapanuli orangutan has been identified as the newest species of great ape, but also likely the most endangered. 

Scientists think these apes switch to breastfeeding during periods of food scarcity.

Symbiotic gut bacteria evolved and diverged along with ape and human lineages, researchers find. 

A Louisiana research center is sending more than 200 chimpanzees to a sanctuary in Georgia.

Humans burn calories faster than any other primate, researchers report.

Chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas harbor more microbial diversity in their guts than do humans, a study shows.

Re-examination of a thigh bone from one of the earliest putative hominins could impact scientists’ understanding of the origins of human bipedalism, a study suggests.

Two new fossils of ancient primates shed light on the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys.

A study shows that different populations of the Southeast Asian ape display and transmit specific behaviors through generations in a way similar to human cultures.