With deep sadness the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Leipzig announces that Prof. Dr. Christophe Boesch passed away…

Birth of a sibling triggers long-lasting stress in young bonobos

Effectiveness of biodiversity conservation in national parks is associated with socioeconomic conditions

New genomic tools shed light on the evolutionary history of chimpanzees and contribute to their conservation

Evidence of structured vocal sequences in wild chimpanzee communication provides insights into human language evolution

The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body size

A new large-scale study uncovers recent genetic connectivity between chimpanzee subspecies despite past isolation events

Integration of contributors promotes the quantity and quality of data

Male chimpanzees who lose their mother early in life are less competitive and have fewer offspring than sons who continue to live with their mothers

Both historical and recent variation in ecological and environmental conditions are associated with larger behavioural repertoires in wild chimpanzees

Evidence-based conservation is key to curb primate population declines

Disease prevention and protection of species require differentiated strategies

When informing about a threat territorial chimpanzees are more motivated to cooperate than less territorial bonobos

Female chimpanzees are also important in helping to win and keep a territory

Chimpanzees need more than five years to acquire key skills

Chimpanzee groups each have their own unique termite fishing cultures

For many weeks now, social interactions have been prohibited in many countries, which has affected many people. Roman Wittig of the Max Planck…

Mothers may be shaping pre-adult growth and offspring muscle mass even without direct provisioning

Female chimpanzees’ reproductive success decreases in times of strong territorial conflict with other groups

Accumulative stone throwing chimpanzees like tree species with a resonating timbre

Monkeys cooperatively share information about the presence of snakes with group members

Considered an oil palm pest, macaques can in fact diminish a more severe pest: rats

Males can thus distinguish between cycle phases

Female gorillas must balance the reproductive costs of staying with or leaving an older male

New insights help to explain why same-sex sexual interactions are so important for female bonobos

Sometimes recording what animals do not do or fail to find can lead to revealing insights into their expectations, and thus cognition

A long-term study of western gorillas in Gabon has revealed an unexpected behaviour – they use their teeth to crack open and eat nuts

Travel linearity increases in humans when they travel in increasingly large groups, while chimpanzees travel more goal-directed when they are on their…

Human foragers of both sexes use the sun for finding direction from a very young age

Flies carrying deadly pathogens form long-term associations with monkeys and apes following them through the rainforest

From African golden cats to zebra duikers, Chimp&See lets you get up close and personal with African wildlife

Study offers a possible answer on how our human ancestors may have met their nutritional needs of iodine in the Congo basin

Mankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees – are disappearing from the earth, because their habitats are destroyed and they are being eaten into…

An in situ exhibition at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig

Wild chimpanzees eat tortoises after cracking them open against tree trunks

Mothers’ presence influences the reproductive success of their adult sons

By focusing on a group of organisms taxon-specific databases make a broad range of high-quality data accessible

Songbirds that work together with raising their young coordinate its attention and exchange itself intensively with each other