Lost in the wild? Chimps can show you the way

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 13:56

If you ever get lost in a rain forest, don`t fret. Just use your gestures to ask a chimp in the jungle, and it may help you find food or even your way home, a study suggests.

Chimps use gestures to communicate during food hunting

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:35

Researchers have claimed that chimpanzees are capable of using gestures to communicate as they pursue specific goals, like finding a hidden piece of food.

Chimps use long-term memory to forage for food

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 12:07

A team of scientists have determined that chimpanzees use long-term memory for remembering the size and location of fruit trees and feeding experiences from previous seasons using a memory window that can be from two months to three years ago.

Chimps` `memory better than humans`

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 18:04

A study by a Japanese researcher has revealed that Chimpanzees are brainier that humans.

`Girl talk` in chimps often aggressive

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 18:36

Female chimps are more "negative" and use gestures of aggression when communicating with other females, scientists say.

Geniuses exist among non-humans too

Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2012, 19:08

A series of tests examining intelligence in chimps have found that some apes are much smarter than others.

Chimps too possess ability to understand language

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 14:22

Speech perception is not a uniquely human trait, chimps may have the ability to understand language too - humans just get more practice, a new study has revealed.