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Antibody Prevents Hepatitis C Infection in Animal Model
August 30, 2012 — A monoclonal antibody tested in an animal model prevents infection by the hepatitis C virus ... > full story -
Chimpanzees Create 'Social Traditions': Unique Handclasp Grooming Behavior Reveals Local Difference
August 28, 2012 — Researchers have revealed that chimpanzees are not only capable of learning from one another, but also use this social information to form and maintain local traditions. A recent study shows that the ... > full story -
Long-Held Theory on Human Gestation Refuted: Mother’s Metabolism, Not Birth Canal Size, Limits Gestation
August 27, 2012 — An anthropologist suggests that the length of human pregnancy is limited primarily by a mother's metabolism, not the size of the birth canal. The research challenges the long-held notion of an ... > full story -
Studying How Diseases Spread in Primates May Help Predict What Diseases Will Emerge in Humans
August 27, 2012 — A new study has investigated how diseases are shared among species of primates with a view to predicting what diseases may emerge in humans in the future. The findings aim to help in the fight ... > full story -
Most Mutations Come from Dad: New Insights Into Age, Height and Sex Reshape Views of Human Evolution
August 24, 2012 — Humans inherit more than three times as many mutations from their fathers as from their mothers, and mutation rates increase with the father's age but not the mother's, researchers have found in the ... > full story -
Human-Chimp Genetic Differences: New Insights Into Why Humans Are More Susceptible to Cancer and Other Diseases
August 23, 2012 — Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee's genome is the same as a human's. It's the other 4 percent, and the vast differences, that has intrigued researchers. For instance, why do humans have a high risk ... > full story -
Study Reveals Human Drive for Fair Play
August 23, 2012 — People will reject an offer of water, even when they are severely thirsty, if they perceive the offer to be unfair, according to a new study. The findings have important implications for ... > full story -
Primate of the Opera: What Soprano Singing Apes on Helium Reveal About the Human Voice
August 23, 2012 — Have you ever heard an opera singing ape? Researchers in Japan have discovered that singing gibbons use the same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers. The study explains how recording ... > full story -
More Sophisticated Wiring, Not Just Bigger Brain, Helped Humans Evolve Beyond Chimps, Geneticists Find
August 22, 2012 — Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But where does the chimp brain end and the human brain begin? A new study pinpoints ... > full story -
Sanctuary Chimps Show High Rates of Drug-Resistant Staph
August 21, 2012 — Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant, human-associated strains of the bacteria Staphlyococcus aureus, a pathogen the infected chimpanzees could spread to endangered wild ape ... > full story
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