Everyone knows that yawning is contagious. When inside a small group, when one of the members yawns, someone else is bound to do so as well, unconsciously. While some experts are focusing their research on finding out why we, humans, do so, others try to find out if the same habit exists in other species as well. Sci... |
16 September 2009
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Chimpanzees have over the years been associated and compared with humans both in terms of appearance and mental prowess, but a growing sentiment among academics has it that the primates will never be able to actually invent things. This trait, which involves high abstractionism skills and planning ahead, seems to be ... |
22 July 2009
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Up until recently, humans have lived comfortably with the idea that we are the only species on Earth to be truly altruistic. That is to say, we, as a race, tend to help others of our kind without the other person being necessarily a member of our family, or without the expectation of reward. At times, we are so bent ... |
25 May 2009
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The Furuvik Zoo in Sweden is the home of several primates and a few chimps. One of them has recently offered a surprise in terms of behavior, when caretakers have observed the animal actively planning ways to harm visitors that approached its cage. It has been seen chipping away at the concrete walls surrounding its ... |
10 March 2009
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According to a new research, chimpanzees are very likely to form social bonds that keep them together for prolonged periods of time. This is especially true for males, which have been reported to remain in close contact with each other for as long as 7 years. Females, on the other hand, leave the colony when they bec... |
26 January 2009
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