Posts Tagged ‘primates’
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. Continue…
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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…)
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2011 18:54 - 1 Comment
Humans share. Chimps do, too
EMORY (US) — Chimpanzees are not the selfish primates previous studies have made them out to be. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2011 8:41 - 0 Comments
Monkeys grasp sense of ‘me’
U. BUFFALO (US) — Monkeys possess enough self-awareness to recognize that their actions can cause certain outcomes. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 17, 2011 16:34 - 0 Comments
New primate fossil found in Texas
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A prehistoric primate that lived in the badlands of west Texas about 43 million years ago was more bush baby than human. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Monkey recall mirrors humans
EMORY (US) — Monkeys are able to remember and reproduce simple shapes from memory, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of memory impairments in humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2011 15:13 - 1 Comment
Like us, chimps and bonobos differ
EMORY (US) — Similar to humans, chimps and bonobos have widely different personalities, despite diverging from each other a relatively short one to two million years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 28, 2011 7:30 - 0 Comments
Jane Goodall’s field notes digitized
DUKE (US) — In July 1960, Jane Goodall began meticulously recording the behavior of chimpanzees in Africa. That effort has continued uninterrupted for 50 years, and now the resulting data is being digitized for future generations. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 24, 2011 9:47 - 0 Comments
Zoo primates need darkness on day shift
CASE WESTERN (US) — Zoo life can wreak havoc on nocturnal primates. Even something as innocuous as incorrect lighting negatively impacts health and reproduction. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 18, 2011 12:25 - 0 Comments
Primate prejudice goes way back
YALE (US) — Humans aren’t the only creatures to perceive others as “us versus them.” Our primate cousins have been doing it for at least 25 million years. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 14, 2011 12:48 - 0 Comments
Humans, monkeys age the same way
DUKE / IOWA STATE (US) — The assumption that humans age more slowly than other animals may not be true. It seems all primates follow a similar pattern of getting older. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 8, 2010 20:37 - 1 Comment
Lovely weather for ducks and primates
DUKE (US) — Primates have special traits, such as their social nature and flexible diets, that give them an edge over other animals more susceptible to changing weather. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 20, 2010 13:19 - 0 Comments
HIV’s 30,000-year-old ancestor
TULANE / ARIZONA (US) — The HIV-like virus that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 4, 2010 10:17 - 0 Comments
Orangutans rule as couch potato kings
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US)—Orangutans living in a large indoor/outdoor habitat use less energy, relative to body mass, than nearly any eutherian mammal ever measured, including sedentary humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 21, 2010 14:17 - 4 Comments
Early primate skull found in Saudi Arabia
U. MICHIGAN (US)—A paleontologist searching for dinosaur fossils has found the skull of an ancient primate. The discovery offers new insights into what the last common ancestor of apes and monkeys may have looked like and when the two lineages went their separate ways. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 24, 2010 13:45 - 0 Comments
Other primates can forget a face, too
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Even the most social of animals don’t always recognize individuals they regularly encounter, new research finds, uncovering first known evidence of “missing social knowledge” in non-human primates. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2010 10:52 - 5 Comments
Time on treadmill shapes up the brain
U. PITTSBURGH (US)—Adult female monkeys who ran on a treadmill for an hour a day, five days a week had increased blood flow to the brain and learned faster than inactive monkeys. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2009 14:54 - 0 Comments
Why King Kong failed to impress
DUKE (US)—Humans have the same receptors for detecting odors related to sex as do other apes and primates. But each species uses them in different ways, stemming from the way the genes for these receptors have evolved over time. (more…)
