Monkeys use some of the same basic mental strategies as people do to perceive abstract relationships between shapes, a new study suggests. The findings challenge the idea that humans crossed a sharp ...

With their ability to use tools, remember faces and even learn how to communicate with humans through sign language, nonhuman primates are considered to be among the smartest creatures on Earth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human understanding of geometry may stretch deep into our evolutionary past. "What surprised us wasn't just that monkeys could do ...

By Stephen Beech Children share a common understanding of geometry with monkeys, reveals new research. Scientists say the study provides the first evidence that baboons and macaques share the same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monkeys use some of the same basic mental strategies as people do to perceive abstract relationships between shapes, a new study ...

An olive baboon at the Seneca Park Zoo that took place in the Primate Portal experiments. Photo courtesy of the Rochester Institute of Technology. With their ability to use tools, remember faces and ...

It features an enclosed touchscreen that captive olive baboons have the option of interacting with while going about their normal daily activities. Lead author of the geometry study Jialin Li, a ...