Posts Tagged ‘primates’

Count on it: Baboons ‘know’ numbers

U. ROCHESTER (US) — Like children who have not yet learned to count, olive baboons are able to rely on “more or less” comparisons to understand numbers. Continue…

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Science & Technology - May 2, 2013 11:48 - 0 Comments

Radio collars reveal hibernating lemurs

DUKE (US) — Scientists only knew of one primate that hibernates as a survival strategy—the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur—but it turns out they’re not the only lemurs nodding off. (more…)

Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2013 14:51 - 1 Comment

Young bonobos comfort friends in need

EMORY (US) — Like humans, bonobos show signs of empathy and the desire to console family and friends early in life. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jan 15, 2013 16:14 - 0 Comments

When rewards are right, chimps play fair

EMORY (US) — People aren’t the only ones who know how to play fair. A new study shows chimpanzees have a sense of fair play, too. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 13, 2012 17:04 - 0 Comments

New primate has cute face and toxic tongue

U. MISSOURI (US) — A venomous primate with two tongues would seem safe from the pet trade, but the big-eyed, teddy-bear face of the slow loris has made it a target for illegal poachers. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 26, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments

Do chimps keep track of favors for friends?

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — When chimpanzees share food with a friend or groom a pal, such favors are often exchanged over long periods of time within the context of a stable relationship. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 21, 2012 11:00 - 0 Comments

Like us, great apes suffer mid-life crisis

U. WARWICK (UK) — They may not go out and buy a shiny sports car, but chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis, just like humans. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 30, 2012 16:24 - 1 Comment

Monkey brains fire ‘grid cells’ to map world

EMORY (US) — When rhesus monkeys use their eyes to explore visual scenes, grid cells in their brains fire in repeating triangular patterns, scientists have discovered. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2012 14:23 - 0 Comments

Friendly baboons often outlive ‘loners’

U. PENN (US) — Like humans, some baboons’ personalities are better suited to making and keeping friends— social skills that play a role in health and longevity, research shows. (more…)

New monkey species has bright blue bottom

YALE (US) — Scientists have found a new monkey species in remote central Congo, where bush meat hunting and habitat loss threaten their survival. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 20, 2012 10:39 - 0 Comments

Did human speech start with monkey lip smack?

PRINCETON (US) — The facial mechanics of human speech may have evolved from a friendly primate gesture. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2012 13:51 - 0 Comments

Ear fossils reveal ancient primate agility

PENN STATE (US) — CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on how the extinct animals moved. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 11, 2012 9:51 - 9 Comments

Social drama can hurt health, monkeys show

DUKE (US) — The social status of a female monkey affects how her immune system genes turn on and off—and the higher her rank, the better her health. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 23, 2012 11:02 - 0 Comments

Cheat or play fair? For apes and us, game on

U. CHICAGO (US) — Because of our shared genetic inheritance, humans play the same “games” in social relationships as monkeys and apes, says a behavioral biologist’s new book. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jan 23, 2012 12:21 - 1 Comment

Like Lady Gaga, early primate favored claws

U. FLORIDA (US) — Our primate ancestors may have traded flat nails for raised claws in the name of function, much like pop icons Adele and Lady Gaga are doing today in the name of fashion. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 2, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments

Like humans, chimps share to be social

IOWA STATE (US) — Humans aren’t the only ones who recognize the benefits of sharing. New research finds male chimps share plants and hunting tools with females, perhaps as a strategy for future mating. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 17, 2011 8:04 - 0 Comments

New evidence early primate lived in trees

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The first ankle and toe fossils from the earliest North American primate suggest our first forerunners on the continent may have lived or moved primarily in trees, like modern lemurs. (more…)