Chimpanzees of Mikeno Lodge in Virunga National Park, DRC. Image by Joseph King via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).. A team of more than 80 researchers from Africa, Europe and North America studied the ...

Most notably, savanna-dwelling chimps lack these genetic signals found in the first population. The incredible study ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team ...

Wild chimpanzees inhabit various environments in Africa, ... have developed intriguing genetic adaptations tailored to their habitats - including to pathogens like malaria.

Genetic adaptations to local conditions. By comparing the DNA of different chimpanzee populations, we identified genetic variants that are much more frequent in certain locations than others.

Chimps have genetically adapted to thrive in their natural habitats and avoid deadly malaria, according to a new study. The primates are our closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savanna habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team ...

An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has studied the physiological parameters of savanna and rainforest chimpanzees ...

Wild chimpanzees inhabit various environments in Africa, from dense tropical rainforests to more open woodland and savannah areas. Researchers examined genetic data from 388 wild chimpanzees in 18 ...

Wild chimpanzees inhabit various environments in Africa, from dense tropical rainforests to more open woodland and savannah areas. And these close cousins of our species, according to new research ...