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966 results for: Chimpanzee

  1. Archaeology

    Earliest known stone tools unearthed in Kenya

    East African discoveries suggest stone-tool making started at least 3.3 million years ago.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Ebola vaccine performs well in U.K. human trial

    A vaccine that protects against the Zaire strain of Ebola turns in promising preliminary results from a human trial.

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  3. Psychology

    Music to just about everyone’s ears

    Common elements of music worldwide point to its central role in group cohesion.

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  4. Genetics

    Ancestral humans had more DNA

    A new genetic diversity map marks where humans have gained and lost DNA.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Ebola vaccine shows no major side effects in small study

    An experimental vaccine against Ebola virus has tested well in people, researchers report.

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  6. Life

    Ebola vaccine shows promise for saving apes

    Results of a clinical trial suggest that vaccination of wild apes could protect them from infectious diseases.

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  7. Life

    Women blush when ovulating, and it doesn’t matter a bit

    Women don’t signal their fertility in obvious ways like nonhuman primates. A new study shows that even skin flushes are too subtle to detect.

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  8. Animals

    Coral trout know when it’s time for team hunting

    In certain situations, coral trout appear to be as good as chimpanzees at knowing when to collaborate, a new study suggests.

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  9. Anthropology

    Human laugh lines traced back to ape ancestors

    Chimps make laughing faces that speak to evolution of human ha-ha’s.

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  10. Psychology

    Baby marmosets imitate parents’ sounds

    Vocal learning may work similarly in marmoset monkeys, songbirds and humans.

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  11. Life

    Human use energy in brains, muscles differently than chimps do

    The way our brains and muscles use energy is strikingly distinct compared with chimpanzees' metabolism in these tissues, a finding that may explain the major differences between the two species.

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  12. Anthropology

    Strategy, not habitat loss, leads chimps to kill rivals

    Human impacts on chimpanzees have not increased their violence.

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