Captive chimpanzees are one of the most popular species kept in zoos because of their charismatic appeal and similarity to humans. They are the closest living relatives of humans because of the shared genes and behavioral ...
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Mar 21, 2024
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Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests.
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Oct 9, 2018
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It's very difficult to determine when, how and why human language began. While fossil primates provide important clues about human evolution, the sounds they made and the soft tissue involved in making those sounds weren't ...
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May 8, 2018
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Playing music to captive chimpanzees has no positive effect on their welfare, researchers have concluded.
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Mar 29, 2017
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The results from the final biomedical research trial on captive chimpanzees for the foreseeable future have been published today in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Mar 9, 2017
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A study illustrates 'high conservation potential' of vaccines for endangered wild primates devastated by viral disease, but highlights need for access to captive chimpanzees so vaccines can be trialled before being administered ...
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May 26, 2014
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The federal government moved Tuesday to further protect chimpanzees, proposing to change the animals' endangered status and increase oversight of their use in research.
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Jun 14, 2013
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For more than two decades, scientists have relied on studies that linked juvenile primate tooth development with their weaning as a rough proxy for understanding similar developmental landmarks in the evolution of early humans. ...
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Jan 28, 2013
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Researchers found that wild chimpanzees monitor the information available to other chimpanzees and inform their ignorant group members of danger.
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Dec 29, 2011
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Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools ...
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May 25, 2009
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