News tagged with chimpanzee populations

Sharing landscapes with wildlife may be unrealistic

(Phys.org) -- Expecting wild animals to thrive in increasingly fragmented habitats alongside a growing human population may be unrealistic, say scientists.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Meat eating led to earlier weaning, helped humans spread across globe

When early humans became carnivores, their higher-quality diet allowed mothers to wean babies earlier and have more children, with potentially profound effects on population dynamics and the course of human evolution, according ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chimp populations show great genetic diversity, with implications for conservation

Chimpanzee populations living in close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a study published in PLoS Genetics. Research conducted by sci ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Good news for Republic of Congo chimpanzees

The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabale-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa's most pristine forests and a population of "naïve" chimpanzees with so little exposure ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New analysis shows 'hobbits' couldn't hustle

A detailed analysis of the feet of Homo floresiensis—the miniature hominins who lived on a remote island in eastern Indonesia until 18,000 years ago -- may help settle a question hotly debated among paleontologists: how si ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0