News tagged with baboons
Baboons, Humans Adapted Similarly to Malaria (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates. But when it comes to our experiences with malaria over the course of time, it seems the stories of our two ...
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Close social ties make baboons better mothers
Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females are much more likely to survive to adulthood than baboons reared by less social mothers, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Smart and social? Comprehensive analysis questions link between sociality and brain increase in carnivores
New research from two evolutionary biologists questions the recent finding that sociality has played a key role in the evolution of larger brain size among several orders of mammals (Social Brain Hypothesis). ...
May 25, 2009 |
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Untangling the genetic web
They are large, hairy and some are big enough to devour lizards, mice and birds. Despite their fearsome reputation spiders such as tarantulas — and even the tiny money spider — are now helping researchers at The University ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Scatological clues lead to an intimate view
The guys were all stressed out. There were new infants in the community, and the guys knew from experience that that's when invaders were likely to come and kill the babies, particularly the male infants. ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Execretion analysis aids primate social studies
The arrival of molecular genetic analysis of both genes and hormones is providing scientists unexpected and unprecedented information about animals -- provided the researchers can find ways to get acceptable samples, said ...
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Behavioral studies show baboons and pigeons are capable of higher-level cognition
It's safe to say that humans are smarter than animals, but a University of Iowa researcher is investigating the extent of that disparity in intelligence.
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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