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

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

The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to ...

University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants - in multiple ways - to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed ... on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. The scientists also compiled decades of scientific ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical ... suggests other animal species might self-medicate, with varying levels of sophistication.

One of the pieces of evidence provided by the research is the footage of a very young female chimpanzee chewing on plants ...