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

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

Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare ...

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

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

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

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

Their research builds on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. The scientists also compiled decades of scientific observations to create a catalogue ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.