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We know techies like robots. We know robots are infiltrating our workforce and that they may one day take over altogether. Maybe we think the same thing about chimpanzees (think Planet of the Apes).

Chimpanzees may have more in common with human thinkers than previously thought. A new study published in Science by an international team of researchers provides evidence that chimpanzees can ...

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives. But how much of their communication resembles ours? A lot, it turns out. According to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology, chimpanzees ...

An October 2025 social media post correctly reported that researchers documented an apparent effort by a troop of chimpanzees in the Congo Basin to domesticate more than 30 penguins. In October 2025, ...