Chimpanzees learn by looking
Chimps learn by watching each other, according to research from St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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Great ape gestures
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, according to a new study by St Andrews researchers.
Researchers discover chimpanzee communities have local gestural dialects
St Andrews researchers find chimpanzees use leaf gestures in different dialects to communicate with their group
All in the family
Researchers have shown that wild chimpanzees tend to look like their family members and some relationships are easier to detect.
Chimpanzees synchronise their steps just like humans
New research shows chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronise their steps when walking alongside one another.
Chimpanzee 'social media'
Scientists have shown that chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have their own signature style when drumming on trees.
Chimpanzee mothers may grieve loss of their young
New observations from the Budongo Forest in Uganda help us to understand why chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants.
World-leading primate complex opens
A new cutting-edge research facility for advancing scientific knowledge on chimpanzee cognition and behaviour has officially launched.
The eyes have it
The ability to detect the direction of someone’s gaze is not unique to humans, as had been previously thought, according to new research.
Chimps are users
Chimpanzees use others to get what they want, in a similar way to human beings, new research at St Andrews has found.