Apes can tell when humans lack knowledge. They help by pointing to hidden treats. This suggests they understand others' ...

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

In other words, he believed it to be a so-called “missing link” in the family tree between living apes and Homo sapiens. Dart ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

A recent experiment found that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and will often step in to help a human out. Host Marco Werman spoke with Chris Krupenye, an evolutionary cognitive ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that ...

The incredible story of human evolution comes to life through the latest ... Hosted by Walter Cronkite, and filmed on location in Africa, APE MAN traces the rise of mankind in four exciting ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn't know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...