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Bonobo Genome Completed: The Final Great Ape to Be Sequenced
June 13, 2012 — Scientists have completed the genome of the bonobo -- the final great ape to be sequenced. Bonobos, which together with chimpanzees are the closest living relatives of humans, are known for their ... > full story -
Inner Ear May Hold Key to Ancient Primate Behavior
June 13, 2012 — CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on how these extinct animals moved, especially for those species without any known ... > full story -
Fossil Discovery: More Evidence for Asia, Not Africa, as the Source of Earliest Anthropoid Primates
June 4, 2012 — A new fossil primate from Myanmar illuminates a critical step in the evolution of early anthropoids. Afrasia closely resembles another early anthropoid, Afrotarsius libycus. The close similarity ... > full story -
Monkey Lip Smacks Provide New Insights Into the Evolution of Human Speech
May 31, 2012 — Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using movements of the tongue, lips ... > full story -
Rare Neurons Linked to Empathy and Self-Awareness Discovered in Monkey Brains
May 21, 2012 — Scientists have discovered brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in ... > full story -
Health Experts Narrow the Hunt for Ebola
May 16, 2012 — Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to ... > full story -
Full Control of Plastic Transistors
May 16, 2012 — Transistors made of plastic can be controlled with great precision, according to a new ... > full story -
Children in U. S. , Great Britain Share Risk Factors for Behavioral Problems
May 16, 2012 — Children in the United States and Great Britain share a number of common risk factors that increase the likelihood that they will have behavioral problems —- and Britain’s broader social ... > full story -
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
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