Ape and Chimp News

Posted April 16, 2012:

• Chimpanzee Ground Nests Offer New Insight Into Our Ancestors' Descent from the Trees

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Genetic Adaptation of Fat Metabolism Key to Development of Human Brain
• Listen Up, Parents: For Toddlers (and Chimps), the Majority Rules
• Do Monkeys Know What Others Need?

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Dolphins Cultivate Loose Alliances

Posted March 23, 2012:

• Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests

Posted March 15, 2012:

• Wild Orangutans Stressed by Eco-Tourists, but Not for Long, Study out of North Borneo Finds
• Scientists Map Hotspots for Genetic Exchange in Chimpanzees

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Chimpanzees Have Police Officers, Too
• What Have We Got in Common With a Gorilla? Insight Into Human Evolution from Gorilla Genome Sequence

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Anthropologists’ Work Prompts Republic of Congo to Enlarge National Park
• Nearby Chimpanzee Populations Show Much Greater Genetic Diversity Than Distant Human Populations

Posted February 23, 2012:

• Illegal Orangutan Trader Prosecuted

Posted February 16, 2012:

• Chimp Haven Gets an Upgrade

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Dogs Succeed While Chimps Fail at Following Finger Pointing: Chimpanzees Have Difficulty Identifying Object of Interest Based on Gestures

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Researchers Examine Consequences of Non-Intervention for Infectious Disease in African Great Apes

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Extended Synaptic Development May Explain Our Cognitive Edge Over Other Primates

Posted January 31, 2012:

• Satellite Study Reveals Critical Habitat and Corridors for World's Rarest Gorilla

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Chimp 'X Factor': Extensive Adaptive Evolution Specifically Targeting the X Chromosome of Chimpanzees

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Tracking the Birth of Evolutionary Arms Race Between HIV-Like Viruses and Primate Genomes

Posted January 23, 2012:

• Bonobos' Unusual Success Story

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Rare Miller's Grizzled Langur Rediscovered in Borneo

Posted January 13, 2012:

• Most Recent European Great Ape Discovered

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Early Primate Had Transitional Lemur-Like Grooming Claw

Posted January 5, 2012:

• World’s First Primate Chimeric Offspring Produced: Research Demonstrates Not All Embryonic Stem Cells Are Equal

Posted December 29, 2011:

• I Know Something You Don't Know! Wild Chimpanzees Inform Ignorant Group Members of Danger
• Great Apes Make Sophisticated Decisions: Research Suggests That Great Apes Are Capable of Calculating the Odds Before Taking Risks

Posted December 23, 2011:

• What Are Emotion Expressions For?

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Why Humans Are So Sociable These Days

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Report Recommends Stringent Limits on Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Starving Orangutans Might Help to Better Understand Obesity and Eating Disorders in Humans

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Law Enforcement Vital for Great Ape Survival: Greatest Decrease in African Great Ape Populations in Areas With No Protection from Poaching

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Savanna Chimps Exhibit Human-Like Sharing Behavior, Anthropologists Say

Posted November 29, 2011:

• 'Look at That!' Ravens Gesture With Their Beaks to Point out Objects to Each Other

Posted November 21, 2011:

• Human, Artificial Intelligence Join Forces to Pinpoint Fossil Locations

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Chimps Play Like Humans: Playful Behavior of Young Chimps Develops Like That of Children

Posted November 9, 2011:

• No Need to Shrink Guts to Have a Larger Brain

Posted October 25, 2011:

• 'Junk DNA' Defines Differences Between Humans and Chimps

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Culture in Humans and Apes Has the Same Evolutionary Roots, Researchers Show

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Blame Backbone Fractures on Evolution, Not Osteoporosis: Adaptation to Upright Walking Leaves Humans Susceptible

Posted October 13, 2011:

• New Technologies Challenge Old Ideas About Early Hominid Diets
• Children, Not Chimps, Prefer Collaboration: Humans Like to Work Together in Solving Tasks -- Chimps Don't

Posted October 12, 2011:

• 'Cute' Chimps in Ads May Harm the Species' Survival

Posted October 10, 2011:

• Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Fish Uses Tool to Dig Up and Crush Clams

Posted September 23, 2011:

• DNA Sequences Reveal the True Identity of the Softshell Turtle Pelodiscus

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Human-Chimp Evolutionary Divergence: Methylation and Gene Sequence Co-Evolved, Study Suggests

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Great Tits Sing Low to Be Loved or High to Be Heard

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