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New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'
A new fossil primate from
Myanmar (previously known as
Burma) suggests that the
common ancestor of humans,
monkeys and apes evolved
... > full story
Reintroducing Bonobo Apes Into The Wild: Researchers To Monitor Progress
American researchers who
have been studying the rare
and threatened bonobo ape
will lead monitoring efforts
after a group of orphan
... > full story
54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains
Researchers have developed
the first detailed images of
a primitive primate brain,
unexpectedly revealing that
cousins of our earliest
... > full story
Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter Than Chimps?
Are the cognitively superior
brains of humans, in part,
responsible for our higher
rates of cancer? A new study
comparing the way programmed
cell death, or apoptosis, w ... > full story
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Researchers Shed Light On Trading Behavior In Animals -- And Humans
June 22, 2009 — Scientists conducted a study to see if chimpanzees spontaneously bartered foods among each other, using tokens which represented those foods. While results indicated that the animals were cognitively ... > full story -
Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests
June 18, 2009 — New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans. The researchers reject as "problematic" the popular suggestion, based on ... > full story -
Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals
June 5, 2009 — A new report provides compelling evidence that paying to conserve billions of tons of carbon stored in tropical forests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants, and other wildlife at risk of ... > full story -
Ticklish Apes? Young Apes Hoot Holler And Laugh In Way Similar To Human Infants
June 5, 2009 — Like human infants, young apes are known to hoot and holler when you tickle them. But is it fair to say that those playful calls are really laughter? The answer to that question is yes, according to ... > full story -
New Hominid 12 Million Years Old Found In Spain, With 'Modern' Facial Features
June 2, 2009 — Researchers have discovered a fossilized face with mandible from a previously unknown hominoid primate genus in Spain dating to the Middle Miocene era, roughly 12 million years ago. Nicknamed "Lluc," ... > full story -
Why Can We Talk? 'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes About Evolutionary Past
May 31, 2009 — Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a ... > full story -
New Malaria Agent Found In Chimpanzees Close To That Commonly Observed In Humans
May 29, 2009 — Researchers based in Gabon and France report the discovery of a new malaria agent infecting chimpanzees in Central Africa. This new species, named Plasmodium gaboni, is a close relative of the most ... > full story -
'Glowing' Transgenic Monkeys Carrying Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Pave Way For New Disease Models
May 28, 2009 — A transgenic line of monkeys carrying a gene encoding green fluorescent protein fully integrated into their DNA has been created for the first time. The research, published in the journal Nature, ... > full story -
New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea
May 18, 2009 — Scientists have described a new species of red algae (Leptofauchea coralligena) in the western Mediterranean. This is the only species of the Leptofauchea genus currently known to be in the ... > full story -
Ancestor Of HIV In Primates May Be Surprisingly Young
May 6, 2009 — The ancestors of the simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) that jumped from chimpanzees and monkeys, and ignited the HIV/AIDS pandemic in humans, have been dated to just a few centuries ago. These ... > full story
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