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- Life
Culture results when chimps get cracking
Adjacent groups in Africa follow different traditions when it comes to opening nuts.
By Susan Milius - Archaeology
Notorious Bones
South African finds enter fray over origins of the human genus.
By Bruce Bower - Life
Average bear could be pretty smart
Computer tests of solitary species reveal animals’ ability to learn concepts.
By Susan Milius - Animals
Chimps lend a hand
The finding suggests nonhuman primates recognize their peers’ intentions and desires.
By Bruce Bower - Animals
Chimps show lethal side
A collaborative scientific effort offers an inside look at ape homicides.
By Bruce Bower - Animals
Furry Friends Forever
Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from having someone to count on.
By Susan Gaidos - Health & Medicine
Chimp brains don’t shrink
Primate studies aim to find out why humans get dementia.
- Psychology
Kids flex cultural muscles
Young children, but not chimps or monkeys, generate collective leaps of knowledge.
By Bruce Bower - Humans
DNA unveils enigmatic Denisovans
Technical advances amplify the genetic record of a Stone Age humanlike population, ancestors of modern Melanesians.
By Bruce Bower - Anthropology
Measure Your Giant Carefully And His Size Will Shrink
Ongoing controversy over a hobbitlike hominid.
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- Animals
Chimp has an ear for talk
Human-raised Panzee challenges the notion that only people can discern acoustically altered words.
By Bruce Bower