Endangered chimpanzees contaminated with pesticides and flame retardants
Wild chimpanzees are being exposed to a cocktail of harmful chemicals.
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Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning
A key feature of human language is our ability to combine words into larger compositional phrases, where the meaning of the whole is related to the meaning of the parts. Where this ability came from or how it evolved, however, ...
Evolution
May 4, 2023
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If it pays to be a jerk, why isn't everyone that way? A chimpanzee study offers insight
Throw a tantrum. Threaten, shove aside or steal from your colleagues. Science confirms, yet again, that brutish behavior can be an effective path to power. And not just in humans, but in chimpanzees, too.
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2023
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Grooming handclasp in chimpanzees found to be culturally transmitted
A pair of animal behaviorists, one from Utrecht University, in the Netherlands, the other from the University of London, has found that grooming handclasps in chimpanzees is a behavior transmitted between generations culturally.
White sclera is present in chimpanzees and other mammals, not just humans, study finds
Long believed to be a uniquely human trait crucial for communication, visible white sclera—the "whites of the eye"—occur more commonly in chimpanzees and other mammals than previously reported, finds a new study from ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2023
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Young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking behaviors
Adolescent chimpanzees share some of the same risk-taking behaviors as human teens, but they may be less impulsive than their human counterparts, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2023
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Testing attention shifting abilities in children and chimpanzees
A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the University of Portsmouth, also in the U.K., has tested young children and chimpanzees to learn more about when attention ...
Similarities in human and chimpanzee behavior support evolutionary basis for risk-taking
Many important decisions boil down to a choice between the supposed safety of sticking with what we know and the risk of going out on a limb for a chance at getting something even better. Though risk-taking preferences vary ...
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Jan 12, 2023
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Bonobos, unlike humans, are more interested in the emotions of strangers than individuals they know
As humans, we share many characteristics with bonobos, who together with chimpanzees are the ape species that are most closely related to us. There are a lot of similarities in our social behavior, but also some remarkable ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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Guess who? Chimpanzee faces reveal family relationships
Researchers from the University of St Andrews have shown for the first time that not only do wild chimpanzees tend to look like their family members, but also some relationships are easier to detect than others.
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Nov 25, 2022
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