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As an interesting example of how 11,000 years of cohabitation can trump millions of years of common history, a group of scientists has recently found that chimpanzees are not as good at understanding us, or what we want, as dogs are.
The animals were put to an extremely simple test – a human pointed at an obj... |
10 February 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Investigators have determined in a new study that the amount of brain shrinkage that humans exhibit as a result of normal aging is unparalleled in the natural world. The conclusion was drawn after scientists conducted a comparative analysis between humans and chimps.The researchers looked at how the brain evolved wit... |
26 July 2011
06:02 GMT |
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In an interesting new research, experts were able to confirm the existence of numerous similarities between the cultural and social behaviors of chimpanzees and dolphins, despite the obvious, marked differences that exist between the two species. It would appear that these similarities developed in spite of the fact ... |
6 July 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Researchers have been trying to figure out why chimpanzees and bonobos behave so differently from each other for many years. In a recent study, investigators looked at the anatomical differences that exist between the brains of the two related primate species. Though they resemble each other a lot, the two brains als... |
6 April 2011
06:01 GMT |
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One of the things that separate humans from bonobos, but not from chimpanzees, is violence. While the latter species have it, and display it plentifully, bonobos don't. These primates essentially live in a non-violent world. Researchers have been wondering about how they were able to do so for a while, but resea... |
7 March 2011
07:59 GMT |
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A team of investigators announces that an ancient chimp virus has been revived so that researchers could study it in peace. Analyzing these organisms in the same manner as all other viruses are analyzed is extremely important for scientists. Experts turn their attention to ancient pathogens which are known as endogen... |
26 October 2010
09:17 GMT |
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Instances in which chimpanzees die naturally have been little-studied over the years, due to their rarity. As such, researchers had very few clues as to how others in a group behave when one of the members dies. But investigators had the chance to look at one such instance more closely in 2008, when a chimp in a Scot... |
27 April 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Researchers have been surprised to learn in a new study of another trait of intelligence chimpanzees display, one that was never encountered before. They have noticed that the primates are perfectly capable of recognizing precisely how big a pint of liquid is. The animals can also tell the volume of any other measure... |
23 February 2010
16:01 GMT |
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Bonobos are very peculiar animals. In addition to their bizarre mating rituals, they also tend to share things. But that would in itself be nothing of significant importance, had researchers not discovered that there is basically nothing you can do to stop the primates from doing so. While human kindergarten teachers... |
2 February 2010
09:00 GMT |
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For a long time, theologists and some anthropologists have been arguing that a host of elements makes humans unique and different from animals. But, over the past decades, all of these so-called differences have been collapsing one by one. It has been recently proven that chimpanzees can be altruistic as well, to the... |
27 January 2010
05:01 GMT |
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Scientists were puzzled to observe a male chimp in Senegal performing a “fire dance” in close proximity to a raging wildfire in the region. The primates are known for engaging in “rain dances” from time to time, as severe thunderstorms take place, but this is the first time a similar habit has... |
6 January 2010
11:12 GMT |
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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
04:00 GMT |
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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
19:11 GMT |
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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
10:49 GMT |
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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
03:27 GMT |
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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
08:48 GMT |
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