Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, ...

Charles Darwin studied apes in the zoo to observe their behaviour and emotions. His book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, published in 1872, explores the mental abilities that ...

We have recently read a lot about the remarkable life's work of the great chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall, who passed away on 1 October 2025. We learned that the Kenyan archaeologist and ...