News articles tagged with 'chimpanzee'
Contagious yawning evidence of empathy, not just sleepiness or boredom
— 9 Apr 2011 11:55 | BiologyContagious yawning is not just a marker of sleepiness or boredom. For chimpanzees, it may actually be a sign of a social connection between individuals. New research at the Yerkes National…
Chimp, bonobo study sheds light on the social brain
— 6 Apr 2011 16:55 | BiologyIt's been a puzzle why our two closest living primate relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, have widely different social traits, despite belonging to the same genus. Now, a comparative…
Differences in mammalian brain structure and genitalia linked to specific DNA regions in new study
— 10 Mar 2011 17:38 | HealthHumans are clearly different from chimpanzees. The question is, why? According to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, it may boil down in part to what we don't…
Biological anthropologists question claims for human ancestry
— 17 Feb 2011 18:57 | Biology'Too simple' and 'not so fast' suggest biological anthropologists from the George Washington University and New York University about the origins of human ancestry. In the upcoming…
Genetic archaeology finds parts of our genome more closely related to orangutans than chimps
— 27 Jan 2011 17:44 | BiologyIn a study published online today in Genome Research (www.genome.org), in coordination with the publication of the orangutan genome sequence, scientists have presented the surprising…
Young female chimpanzees appear to treat sticks as dolls
— 3 Jan 2011 17:47 | BiologyThe must-have gift for young female chimpanzees this holiday season might be in the Christmas tree, not under it…
Why humans are more sensitive to certain viruses: Primate immune system differences identified
— 18 Dec 2010 14:45 | HealthThe greater susceptibility of humans to certain infectious diseases when compared to other primates could be explained by species-specific changes in immune signalling pathways, a University…
Apes unwilling to gamble when odds are uncertain
— 30 Nov 2010 21:18 | BiologyHumans are known to play it safe in a situation when they aren't sure of the odds, or don't have confidence in their judgements. We don't like to choose the unknown…
Synchrotron reveals human children outpaced Neanderthals by slowing down
— 16 Nov 2010 11:24 | Geology and palaeontologyHuman childhood is considerably longer than chimpanzees, our closest-living ape relatives. A multinational team of specialists, led by researchers from Harvard University, Max-Planck…
New statistical model moves human evolution back 3 million years
— 6 Nov 2010 15:57 | Geology and palaeontologyEvolutionary divergence of humans from chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical…