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For Female Baboons, Too, It's Good to Have Friends
July 1, 2010 — Female baboons that maintain closer ties with other members of their troop live substantially longer than do those whose social bonds are less stable, a recent study has found. The researchers say ... > full story -
Facial Recognition at First Glance: Humans and Monkeys Perceive Faces of Kin Immediately
July 1, 2010 — We meet a multitude of people on a daily basis: the nice waitress in the coffee shop around the corner, the bus driver or the colleagues at the office. Without the ability to recognize faces at first ... > full story -
Illegal Bushmeat Trade Rife in Europe, Research Finds
June 17, 2010 — More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through one of Europe's busiest airports, reveals new ... > full story -
Experimental Marburg Vaccine Prevents Disease Two Days After Infection
June 16, 2010 — An experimental vaccine developed to prevent outbreaks of Marburg hemorrhagic fever continues to show promise in monkeys as an emergency treatment for accidental exposures to the virus that causes ... > full story -
Biodiversity Hot Spots More Vulnerable to Global Warming Than Thought
June 7, 2010 — Global warming may present a threat to animal and plant life even in biodiversity hot spots once thought less likely to suffer from climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
Experimental Treatment Protects Monkeys from Lethal Ebola Virus Post-Exposure
May 28, 2010 — Scientists using tiny particles of genetic material to interfere in the replication process of the deadly Ebola virus have successfully prevented monkeys exposed to that virus from dying of ... > full story -
Vaginal Gel With Integrase Inhibitor Shows Promise in Monkeys
May 23, 2010 — Researchers testing a vaginal microbicide based on a new type of anti-HIV drug found it provided monkeys significant protection against infection with a virus similar to HIV. The study is the first ... > full story -
Have We Met? Research Finds 'Missing Social Knowledge'
May 18, 2010 — The face looks familiar but... Just as humans don't always know their neighbors, new research shows even the most social of animals don't always recognize individuals they regularly encounter, the ... > full story -
Odd Dental Features Reveal Undocumented Primate: Previously Unknown Species Complicates Understanding of African Evolution
May 11, 2010 — It's in the teeth. An odd mosaic of dental features recently unearthed in northern Egypt reveals a previously undocumented, highly-specialized primate called Nosmips aenigmaticus that lived in Africa ... > full story -
Jumping Elements Can Become Incorporated in Genome at Different Stages of Development
April 29, 2010 — A new study on sex chromosomes in primates may have important consequences for research on human genetic diseases. The study of the genomes of the human, chimpanzee, macaque, and orangutan concluded ... > full story -
Life History Database Aids Wild Primate Studies
April 22, 2010 — A group of scientists who have studied the life history of primates for decades got to thinking about their own life histories and decided they had better do something to preserve their work for ... > full story -
Primate Fossil More Than 11 Million Years Old Discovered
April 21, 2010 — Researchers have discovered in the rubbish dump in Spain a new species of Pliopithecus primate, considered an extinct family of primitive Catarrhini primates (or "Old World monkeys"). The fragments ... > full story
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