They also use leaves to clean themselves after intercourse to help prevent infections. The post Chimps use medicinal plants ...

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

A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

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

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 ...

Today, herbalism and wild plant foraging has become an increasingly popular alternative to modern medicine. Herbal medicine is still widely used among American-Indian, Chinese and European populations ...

Scientists studying two communities of chimpanzees, known as Sonso and Waibira, have discovered that these primates use ...

She added that humans likely learned from these creatures and evolved a sense for medicinal plants in the past. And she suggested that pharmaceutical companies could use these animals’ knowledge ...

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