• Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2010
Chimps Know What Fire Does

Chimps Know What Fire Does

Their behavior around it is a clear indicator

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 15th, 2009
Apes Live Shorter Lives than We Do

Apes Live Shorter Lives than We Do

Experts now think they know why

University Halts Primate Study over Fear of Protests

University Halts Primate Study over Fear of Protests

Officials say that protesters are getting increasingly violent

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2009
Chimpanzees Like Good Music As Well

Chimpanzees Like Good Music As Well

The study has been a first

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 23rd, 2009
Primates Found to Care for Their Children

Primates Found to Care for Their Children

The behavior has been thought to be exclusively human

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2009
NASA to Study the Effects of Radiation on Monkeys

NASA to Study the Effects of Radiation on Monkeys

The research will help further space exploration

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 12th, 2009
Monkeys Sense Injustice as Well

Monkeys Sense Injustice as Well

They react to it as humans do

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 22nd, 2009
New, Fossilized Primate Found in Egypt

New, Fossilized Primate Found in Egypt

Experts say they've handled a "misplaced" species

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 17th, 2009
New Hints on the Origin of Music

New Hints on the Origin of Music

Monkeys may have started it

Evolution Only Goes One Way

Evolution Only Goes One Way

And that is forward

New Genes Explain Differences Between Humans and Primates

New Genes Explain Differences Between Humans and Primates

They help partially solve the mystery of our evolution

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 2nd, 2009
Monkeys Only Dance to Monkey Music, Study Finds

Monkeys Only Dance to Monkey Music, Study Finds

They prefer silence to human music

Immune System Trait Is 60 Million Years Old

Immune System Trait Is 60 Million Years Old

We share it with our primate cousins

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 14th, 2009
Capuchins Bond Through Imitative Behavior

Capuchins Bond Through Imitative Behavior

They form friendships like humans do

Why Chimps Will Never Invent Things

Why Chimps Will Never Invent Things

They cannot innovate

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 8th, 2009
Tamarins Can Discover Bad Syllable Order in Words

Tamarins Can Discover Bad Syllable Order in Words

They hold clues to understanding the formation of language

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 26th, 2009
Whales Are Equally Close to Humans as Apes

Whales Are Equally Close to Humans as Apes

They are among the smartest creatures on the planet

 
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