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Chimpanzee Cultures Differ Between Neighbors: Neighboring Chimpanzee Groups Use Different Hammers to Crack Nuts
May 10, 2012 — Culture has long been proposed to be a distinguishing feature of the human species. However, an increasing amount of evidence from the field has shown that in several animals, differences in ... > full storyMore: -
Chimpanzee Uses Innovative Foresighted Methods to Fool Humans
May 10, 2012 — Chimpanzee Santino achieved international fame in 2009 for his habit of gathering stones and manufacturing concrete projectiles to throw at zoo visitors. A new study shows that Santino’s ... > full story -
Feeding Without the Frenzy: Students Make Fun Feeders for Orangutans and Giraffes
May 9, 2012 — Like their human cousins, orangutans enjoy food and don't mind working a little to get it. If the menu's right, giraffes are even less ... > full story -
Rare Glimpse of World's Rarest Gorilla
May 8, 2012 — Conservationists working in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross ... > full story -
Anthropologist Finds Explanation for Hominin Brain Evolution in Famous Fossils
May 7, 2012 — One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to new research. The Taung fossil -- the first ... > full storyMore: -
Mobs Rule for Great Tit Neighbors
May 1, 2012 — Great tits are more likely to join defensive mobs with birds in nearby nests that are 'familiar neighbours' rather than new arrivals, new research has ... > full story -
Bigger Gorillas Better at Attracting Mates and Raising Young
May 1, 2012 — Conservationists have found that larger male gorillas living in the rainforests of Congo seem to be more successful than smaller ones at attracting mates and even raising ... > full story -
Orangutans Harbor Ancient Primate Alu
April 29, 2012 — Alu elements infiltrated the ancestral primate genome about 65 million years ago. Once gained an Alu element is rarely lost so comparison of Alu between species can be used to map primate evolution ... > full storyMore: -
Meat Eating Behind Evolutionary Success of Humankind, Global Population Spread, Study Suggests
April 20, 2012 — Carnivory is behind the evolutionary success of humankind. When early humans started to eat meat and eventually hunt, their new, higher-quality diet meant that women could wean their children ... > full story -
Orangutans Smarter Than Previously Thought: Orangutan Nest Building Highly Sophisticated
April 17, 2012 — Orangutans may be smarter than previously thought if a new study into the sophisticated way they build nests is any ... > full story
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