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• Evolutionary Insights Reveal Chimpanzee Cultural Complexity and Bonobo Imaginative Capacity

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Recent scientific breakthroughs indicate that great apes possess mental abilities previously thought to be uniquely human, including the capacity for "secondary representation" and...

• Ugandan Chimpanzee Population Fractures as Brutal Eight Year Conflict Results in 24 Killings

  Published: Apr 11, 2026

  Section: Africa

  A long-term study at Kibale National Park has documented a violent split within the world's largest known wild chimpanzee group. Researchers have recorded 24 lethal attacks since 2...

• Utrecht University Study Challenges "Peaceful" Bonobo Narrative by Revealing Aggression Levels Equal to Chimpanzees in Managed Environments

  Published: Mar 13, 2026

  Section: Research

  A study by behavioral biologists has overturned the long-standing dichotomy of the "war-like" chimpanzee and the "peaceful" bonobo, finding no significant difference in overall agg...

• Chimpanzee study reveals deep evolutionary roots of human fascination with crystals

  Published: Mar 4, 2026

  Section: Research

  New research involving enculturated chimpanzees suggests that the attraction to crystals observed in early hominins may be a trait shared across the great ape lineage. The study id...