Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Scientists Sakumi Iki and Ikuma Adachi recently spent a lot of time watching monkeys scratch themselves. Self-scratching ...

The work involved playing spoken human words or vocalizations by monkeys to several individual macaques. After each sound was played, the macaque was shown a picture of the item mentioned by the ...

Humans have unique brain connections affecting emotions, social intelligence, and language, unlike chimpanzees or macaques.

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

In a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee brains, researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical ...

Now, a new study demonstrates that the macaques are anatomically able to produce all of the sounds needed for human speech, suggesting that the human brain, not the human vocal system, is responsible ...