Ape and Chimp News

Posted November 27, 2012:

• Seeing the World Through the Eyes of an Orangutan

Posted November 21, 2012:

• Short DNA Strands in Genome May Be Key to Understanding Human Cognition and Diseases
• Handaxes of 1.7 Million Years Ago: 'Trust Rather Than Lust' Behind Fine Details

Posted November 20, 2012:

• Evolution of Human Intellect: Human-Specific Regulation of Neuronal Genes
• Chimpanzees and Bonobos May Reveal Clues to Evolution of Favor Exchange in Humans

Posted November 19, 2012:

• Estrogenic Plants Linked to Altered Hormones, Possible Behavior Changes in Monkeys
• Evidence of a 'Mid-Life Crisis' in Great Apes

Posted November 14, 2012:

• Why Yawning Is Contagious in Bonobos: As With Humans, Yawning Is More Contagious When Individuals Are Closely Related
• New Brain Gene Gives Us Edge Over Apes, Study Suggests

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Humans, Chimpanzees and Monkeys Share DNA but Not Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Posted October 31, 2012:

• New Study Shows Effects of Prehistoric Nocturnal Life on Mammalian Vision

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Lucy and Selam's Species Climbed Trees: Australopithecus Afarensis Shoulder Blades Show Partially Arboreal Lifestyle

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Grandmas Made Humans Live Longer: Chimp Lifespan Evolves Into Human Longevity, Computer Simulation Shows
• Local Wildlife Is Important in Human Diets in Central Africa, Experts Say

Posted October 16, 2012:

• Great Apes, Small Numbers: Genetic Study Reveals Recent Decline in Endangered Orangutan Population, but Offers Hope for the Future

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Primates in Peril: Conservationists Reveal the World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Singing Mice Show Signs of Learning

Posted September 25, 2012:

• Human Brains Develop Wiring Slowly, Differing from Chimpanzees

Posted September 24, 2012:

• Human Brains Outpace Chimp Brains in Womb

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Adolescent Male Chimps in Large Community Strive to Be Alphas

Posted August 30, 2012:

• Antibody Prevents Hepatitis C Infection in Animal Model

Posted August 28, 2012:

• Chimpanzees Create 'Social Traditions': Unique Handclasp Grooming Behavior Reveals Local Difference

Posted August 27, 2012:

• Long-Held Theory on Human Gestation Refuted: Mother’s Metabolism, Not Birth Canal Size, Limits Gestation
• Studying How Diseases Spread in Primates May Help Predict What Diseases Will Emerge in Humans

Posted August 24, 2012:

• Most Mutations Come from Dad: New Insights Into Age, Height and Sex Reshape Views of Human Evolution

Posted August 23, 2012:

• Human-Chimp Genetic Differences: New Insights Into Why Humans Are More Susceptible to Cancer and Other Diseases
• Study Reveals Human Drive for Fair Play
• Primate of the Opera: What Soprano Singing Apes on Helium Reveal About the Human Voice

Posted August 22, 2012:

• More Sophisticated Wiring, Not Just Bigger Brain, Helped Humans Evolve Beyond Chimps, Geneticists Find

Posted August 21, 2012:

• Sanctuary Chimps Show High Rates of Drug-Resistant Staph

Posted August 16, 2012:

• Evolutionary Increase in Size of the Human Brain Explained: Part of a Protein Linked to Rapid Change in Cognitive Ability

Posted August 15, 2012:

• When It Comes to Food, Chimps Only Think of Themselves

Posted August 7, 2012:

• Shedding New Light on How Jaws Evolve

Posted July 18, 2012:

• Primate Behavior: Chimps Select Smart Tools, Monkeys Intentionally Beg

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Reconstructing the Diet of African Hominid Australopithecus Anamensis

Posted July 5, 2012:

• Endowment Effect in Chimpanzees Can Be Turned on and Off

Posted July 4, 2012:

• Urban Athletes Show That for Orangutans, It Pays to Sway

Posted July 3, 2012:

• Six Natural Wonders Declared World Heritage Sites

Posted June 21, 2012:

• From the Mouths of Monkeys: Swab Technique Spots Tuberculosis in Non-Human Primates

Posted June 20, 2012:

• Out of the Mouths of Primates, Facial Mechanics of Human Speech May Have Evolved

Posted June 13, 2012:

• Bonobo Genome Completed: The Final Great Ape to Be Sequenced
• Inner Ear May Hold Key to Ancient Primate Behavior

Posted June 4, 2012:

• Fossil Discovery: More Evidence for Asia, Not Africa, as the Source of Earliest Anthropoid Primates

Posted May 31, 2012:

• Monkey Lip Smacks Provide New Insights Into the Evolution of Human Speech

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Rare Neurons Linked to Empathy and Self-Awareness Discovered in Monkey Brains

Posted May 16, 2012:

• Health Experts Narrow the Hunt for Ebola
• Full Control of Plastic Transistors
• Children in U. S. , Great Britain Share Risk Factors for Behavioral Problems

Posted May 10, 2012:

• Chimpanzee Cultures Differ Between Neighbors: Neighboring Chimpanzee Groups Use Different Hammers to Crack Nuts
• Chimpanzee Uses Innovative Foresighted Methods to Fool Humans

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