Bonobo male Kikongo making 'happy' grin faces at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2010 ...

A laugh can feel spontaneous, messy, almost impossible to pin down. But deep inside that burst of sound, researchers found a ...

Until now, it had been unclear how our laughter may have changed over millions of years of evolution, and how it might relate ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle ...

The rhythmic patterns of laughter found in apes and humans reveal that complex primate vocal control might have started ...

Kiyomasa, a 13-year-old western lowland gorilla at Japan's Higashiyama Zoo, has become an internet sensation after a video showed him sitting alone in a thoughtful pose following a reported ...

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests.

Kiyomasa the gorilla has gone viral after being filmed in a human-like 'thinking pose' following a reported disagreement at a Japanese zoo ...

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Why do men have an Adam's apple? A biologist explains the puberty hormone surge behind it, the sexual-selection theory and ...