Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that great apes (specifically gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) seem to track events in the way that we ...

Introduction: primatological perspectives on language / Barbara J. King -- Viewed from up close: monkeys, apes, and language-origins theories / Barbara J. King -- Primate social organization, gestural ...

The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers – they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need to track and make sense of. Who is dating whom?

Laughter — closely tied to language and a sense of humor — has long been thought to be uniquely human. But in a new study out of Indiana University, researchers have discovered that bonobos, the ...

Human speech isn’t something we’re born with. Rather, we acquire the ability to communicate using speech through a set of developmental stages we pass through as we grow from infancy. New research on ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Young chimpanzees have a vocal ability that is also seen in human ...

The apes Koko, Kanzi and Panbanisha are famous for their language abilities. Commentator and anthropologist Barbara J. King considers whether... Koko, Kanzi and Panbanisha are about as famous as three ...