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Science & Tech News tagged with chimpanzees

Yawning Toons Make An Ape Gape
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, chimpanzees, yawning, science, research, study, scientists )

Daphna
- 87 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday. "Contagious yawning" is well known among humans, and earlier studies have shown that chimps are n
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News: Chimps Invent Brush Tool : Video : Discovery Channel
Science & Tech  (tags: research, chimpanzees, technology, invention, toolmakers )

Jenny
- 236 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Chimpanzees in the Congo were recently recorded using a new tool- a brush-tipped probe invented by wild chimpanzees in Africa that found it did a better job than previous versions of the tool at gathering termites for consumption
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German Study Shows Chimps Trade Sex for Food
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Sinikka
- 238 days ago - thelocal.de
A study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig has shown that female chimpanzees are more likely to mate with males who share food with them - findings that could shed light on relationships in primitive human societies.
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Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions
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Ingrid
- 343 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2008) -- Chimpanzees recognize their pals by using some of the same brain regions that switch on when humans register a familiar face.
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Jane Goodall Branches Out
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, world, society, africa, forests, apes, chimpanzees )

Mimi
- 398 days ago - latimes.com
In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest.People all around the park are struggling to survive.There was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire. circumstance.
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Chimpanzees Beat Humans in Memory Test
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, chimpanzees, humans )

Michael
- 511 days ago - naturalnews.com
Juvenile chimpanzees beat adult humans in two different short-term memory tests, according to a study conducted by researchers at Kyoto University in Japan and published in the journal Current Biology.
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Nothing Beats a Home-Cooked Meal - Even for Apes
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, interesting, science, research, chimpanzees )

Marty
- 551 days ago - newscientist.com
Chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans all seem to prefer cooked food to raw forms of meat, sweet potatoes and carrots, a team of anthropologists has found.
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Scientists Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, research, humans, chimpanzees, brain, language, evolution, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) )

J.
- 621 days ago - whsc.emory.edu
The study marks the first use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a non-invasive imaging technique,to compare human brain structures to those of chimpanzees, our closest living relative.
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