"The way they ‘studied' it there, turning it over to observe it from different angles, was amazing." ...

Modern humans continue to be drawn to crystals, sometimes attributing healing or spiritual powers to them. But this study, titled “On the origin of our fascination with crystals,” argues our ...

Chimpanzees appear to execute Rational Evidence-Weighing in complex decision-making tasks. The experiments conducted demonstrated that chimps changed their minds when presented with stronger evidence.

"We were pleasantly surprised by how strong and seemingly natural the chimpanzees' attraction to crystals was." ...

Researchers said their discovery shows that ape culture is more similar to humans than previously thought, whereby skills accumulate over generations and become increasingly efficient or complex. The ...

A group of 65 chimps - the remnants of 400 ex-test subjects of a US-funded research projects who survived decades of invasive experiments - are now able to enjoy their days eating fruit and being ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...