Ape and Chimp News

Posted November 7, 2009:

• Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior

Posted October 22, 2009:

• New Evidence Of Culture In Wild Chimpanzees

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Chimpanzees Help Each Other On Request But Not Voluntarily

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi': First Major Analysis Of Early Hominid Published In Science

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Hyenas Cooperate, Problem-solve Better Than Primates

Posted September 17, 2009:

• African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Chimps Trained To Enable Keepers To Take DNA Samples With Cheek Swabs

Posted September 3, 2009:

• Chimpanzees Develop 'Specialized Tool Kits' To Catch Army Ants

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Discovery Of Novel Genes Could Unlock Mystery Of What Makes Us Uniquely Human

Posted August 22, 2009:

• Key Feature Of Immune System Survived In Humans, Other Primates For 60 Million Years

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground

Posted August 10, 2009:

• From Fable To Fact: Rooks Use Stones And Water To Catch A Worm

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Ambitious New Strategies Proposed For AIDS Vaccine Research

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Scientists Report Original Source Of Malaria

Posted August 3, 2009:

• From Gorilla To Human: A New Immunodeficiency Virus Found

Posted August 1, 2009:

• New Theory On Why Male, Female Lemurs Same Size: 'Passive' Mate Guarding Influenced Evolution Of Lemur Size

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Chimps, Like Humans, Focus On Faces

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Chimpanzees Infected With SIV Do Develop And Die From AIDS, Contrary To Prevailing View

Posted July 1, 2009:

• New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'

Posted June 29, 2009:

• Reintroducing Bonobo Apes Into The Wild: Researchers To Monitor Progress

Posted June 23, 2009:

• 54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter Than Chimps?
• Researchers Shed Light On Trading Behavior In Animals -- And Humans

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Posted June 5, 2009:

• Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals
• Ticklish Apes? Young Apes Hoot Holler And Laugh In Way Similar To Human Infants

Posted June 2, 2009:

• New Hominid 12 Million Years Old Found In Spain, With 'Modern' Facial Features

Posted May 31, 2009:

• Why Can We Talk? 'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes About Evolutionary Past

Posted May 29, 2009:

• New Malaria Agent Found In Chimpanzees Close To That Commonly Observed In Humans

Posted May 28, 2009:

• 'Glowing' Transgenic Monkeys Carrying Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Pave Way For New Disease Models

Posted May 18, 2009:

• New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea

Posted May 6, 2009:

• Ancestor Of HIV In Primates May Be Surprisingly Young

Posted April 24, 2009:

• Animals That Seem Identical May Be Completely Different Species

Posted April 8, 2009:

• The Secret To Chimp Strength
• Wild Chimpanzees Exchange Meat For Sex, Researchers Find

Posted March 27, 2009:

• Gorilla Gets MRI At Bronx Zoo

Posted March 26, 2009:

• Raising The Alarm About Chimpanzee Massacre In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

Posted March 21, 2009:

• What Flies And Worms Have In Common

Posted March 11, 2009:

• Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans
• First Evidence Of Planned Animal Action? Chimp's Stone Throwing At Zoo Visitors Was 'Premeditated'

Posted February 15, 2009:

• Humans And Chimpanzees Genetically More Similar Than One Yeast Variety Is To Another

Posted February 12, 2009:

• Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Small Male Chimps Use Politics, Rather Than Aggression, To Lead The Pack

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Orphan Chimpanzees Cleverer Than Humans, Study Finds

Posted January 14, 2009:

• Evolution Of New Brain Area Enables Complex Movements

Posted January 6, 2009:

• Defensive Protein Killed Ancient Primate Retroviruses, Research Suggests

Posted January 5, 2009:

• African Thicket Rat Malaria Linked To Virulent Human Form

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