Ape and Chimp News

Posted April 22, 2008:

• World's Rarest Gorilla Finds Sanctuary

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Who's Bad? Chimps Figure It Out By Observation

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Language Feature Unique To Human Brain Identified

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Rwanda Conservation Effort To Link Isolated Chimps To Distant Forest

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Chimps May Have A 'Language-ready' Brain

Posted February 27, 2008:

• Lemurs' Evolutionary History May Shed Light On Our Own

Posted February 24, 2008:

• Inside The Head Of An Ape

Posted February 22, 2008:

• What Is The Cognitive Rift Between Humans And Other Animals?

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Unique Mating Photos Of Wild Gorillas Face To Face

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Key 'Impact Hunters' Catalyze Hunting Among Male Chimpanzees

Posted February 5, 2008:

• Why Don't Chimpanzees Like To Barter Food?

Posted February 3, 2008:

• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet

Posted February 1, 2008:

• Malaria Vaccine Trials Begin Using 'Chimpanzee Virus'

Posted January 26, 2008:

• Great Apes Endangered By Human Viruses

Posted January 17, 2008:

• Rwanda's Gishwati Forest Selected As Site For Historic Conservation Project

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Cyst Removed From Baby Gorilla By Medical Surgeons

Posted January 11, 2008:

• Down To Earth Remedies For Chimps: Eat Mud

Posted January 10, 2008:

• Chimpanzees May Build Their 'Cultures' In A Similar Way To Humans

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions

Posted December 30, 2007:

• Adult Male Chimpanzees Don't Stray Far From The Home

Posted December 19, 2007:

• Wild Chimpanzees Appear Not To Regularly Experience Menopause

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies

Posted December 15, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 11, 2007:

• World's Most Endangered Gorilla Fights Back
• Ice Ages And Rivers May Have Affected Gorilla Diversification

Posted December 9, 2007:

• Young Chimps Top Adult Humans In Numerical Memory

Posted November 30, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

Posted November 19, 2007:

• New Genetic Lineage Of Ebola Virus Discovered In Great Apes

Posted November 15, 2007:

• Ancient Retroviruses Spurred Evolution Of Gene Regulatory Networks In Humans And Other Primates
• Humans And Chimps Differ At Level Of Gene Splicing
• Primate Embryonic Stem Cells Successfully Cloned

Posted November 13, 2007:

• Tool-wielding Chimps Provide A Glimpse Of Early Human Behavior

Posted October 29, 2007:

• Primates: Extinction Threat Growing For Mankind's Closest Living Relatives

Posted October 16, 2007:

• Brain Cell Growth Diminishes Long Before Old Age Strikes, Animal Study Shows
• Brain Imaging Shows Similarities & Differences In Thoughts Of Chimps And Humans

Posted October 12, 2007:

• Spread Of Endogenous Retrovirus K Is Similar In The DNA Of Humans And Rhesus Monkeys

Posted October 7, 2007:

• Chimpanzees, Unlike Humans, Apply Economic Principles To Ultimatum Game

Posted September 27, 2007:

• Primate Sperm Competition: Speed Matters

Posted September 25, 2007:

• New Light Shed On The 'Hobbit'

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Wild Male Chimpanzees Use Stolen Food To Win Over The Opposite Sex

Posted September 13, 2007:

• Extinction Crisis Escalates: Red List Shows Apes, Corals, Vultures, Dolphins All In Danger

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Was Ability To Run Early Man's Achilles Heel?
• Color Night Vision In The Aye-Aye, A Most Unusual Primate

Posted September 11, 2007:

• Marburg Virus Identified In A Species Of Fruit Bat

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Primates Expect Others To Act Rationally

Posted September 7, 2007:

• Higher Social Skills Are Distinctly Human, Toddler And Ape Study Reveals

Posted September 4, 2007:

• Bonobo Handshake: What Makes Our Chimp-like Cousins So Cooperative?

Posted August 20, 2007:

• New Caledonian Crows Find Two Tools Better Than One

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