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Science & Tech News tagged with primates

Nasa Chimps Earn Florida Comforts After Taking a Punishing Step for Mankind
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, chimps, primates, nasa, space program, miloitary, research, suffering, experiments, science, technology, moon, landing )

Tom
- 145 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
An infant chimpanzee seized in Africa for the US Air Force in the 1950s, Marty was recruited into the military's air and space research program, paving the way for America's first manned spaceflight in 1961 and, ultimately, the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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47-Million-Year-Old 'Missing Link' Revealed - Australia
Science & Tech  (tags: new york, usa, dinosaur, skeleton, humans, apes, primates, evolution )

Chrissy
- 188 days ago - abc.net.au
Scientists in New York unveiled the skeleton of what they said could be the common ancestor to humans, apes and other primates. The tiny creature, officially known as Darwinius masillae, but dubbed Ida, lived 47 million years ago and is unusually well
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Other Apes Like a Cooked Meal, Too
Science & Tech  (tags: primates, apes, AnimalWelfare, animals, animaladvocates, animalwelfare, humans, investigation, wildanimals, wildanimals, wildlife, discovery, study )

Jacquelin
- 539 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Freshly cooked meals may not be an option in the wild, but an extensive taste test involving several great apes has revealed that, like humans, they seem to prefer cooked foods over raw.
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Psychological Stress Linked To Overeating, Monkey Study Shows
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, primates, calorie-rich food )

Ingrid
- 559 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found socially subordinate female rhesus macaques over consume calorie-rich foods at a significantly higher level than do dominant females.
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Earliest Known North American Primate Discovered
Science & Tech  (tags: fossils, primates, discovery, archaeology, interesting, scientists, science, research )

John
- 630 days ago - redorbit.com
A scientist from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has discovered remains of the earliest-known primate to live in North America. The discovery also provides an explanation of how these long-extinct primates were able to reach the continent.
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Animal Rights Groups Petition FDA To Require Human Testing
Science & Tech  (tags: vivisection, primates, dogs, cats, killing, negligence, dangerous, drug testing, pharmaceuticals, health, microdosing, animal rights, physicians committee for responsible, medicine, jeremy rifkin )

Live
- 739 days ago - scientificblogging.com
AR groups, scientists, doctors seeking to compel the US FDA to mandate the use of human-centered rather than animal testing methods when those alternatives exist.
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