A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even ...

Researchers in Uganda’s Budongo Forest document chimpanzees' use of medicinal plants and care methods to heal injuries.

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ...

Researchers monitoring chimpanzee communities in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, noticed that individuals were helping each other ...

There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even ...

Study on 41 wound care cases in Uganda’s Sonso, Waibira chimpanzees offer insight into evolution of human healthcare ...

A landmark study has revealed that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat themselves when ill, a finding that could assist in the search for new drugs. Researchers led by Dr Elodie ...

Chimps in the wild use medicinal leaves to perform "First Aid" on their friends and family, reveals new research. They also ...

Health care between chimpanzees is more common than we thought, and is given to members of a troop that may not be closely ...

Some chimpanzees treated wounds with chewed leaves, while others pressed their fingers to injuries or helped remove snares ...

A new study shows that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat wounds and maintain hygiene, among other things. The ...