The CBC is a research group at the Institute of Cognitive Science, Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Osnabrück, Germany, led by Simone Pika. The group is closely linked to the Ozouga Chimpanzee Project in Gabon. It is composed of graduate students and researchers pursuing independent topics related to artificial intelligence, cognition, development, endocrinology, flexibility, and various other fields, but interrelated by the Simone Pika's main vision - to gain an understanding of the evolution and development of communication, cognition and medical behaviour.