Compared with humans, chimp infants appear to act as daredevils earlier in life, according to a paper published today in ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy?

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the US more likely than younger children to die from injury.

In humans, teens do the most dangerous things. In chimpanzees, that honor goes to toddlers. The difference may lie in ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

Ai, the \"genius\" chimpanzee whose incredible cognitive abilities revolutionised primate intelligence research, has died in ...

Ai, a "genius" chimpanzee who could recognize more than 100 Chinese characters and the English alphabet, has died aged 49, ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...