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Chimpanzee Studies
Follow new studies of chimpanzee populations. Chimpanzees are humans' closest relative. We can learn a lot about evolutionary and developmental psychology from chimps.
Scientists have long been fascinated with the studies of language, as it was potentially the most uniquely human cognitive ability. To test the hypothesis of the human-uniqueness of language, scientists have attempted to teach several species of great apes language. One early attempt was performed by Allen and Beatrice Gardner in the 1960s, in which they spent 51 months attempting to teach a chimpanzee named Washoe American Sign Language. Washoe learned 151 signs in those 51 months.[ Over a longer period of time, Washoe learned over 800 signs. However, there is still debate among some scientists about the great apes' ability to learn language.
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Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study appear to favor an experimental drug to treat hepatitis C.
The drug, known as SPC3649, worked very well in chimpanzees by inhibiting the hepatitis C virus to replicate in their bodies.
According to scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR), clinical trials of the drug are already [...]
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In spite of their genetic similarity to humans, chimpanzees and great apes have maximum lifespans that rarely exceed 50 years. The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans evolved genes that enabled them to better adjust to levels of infection and inflammation and to the high cholesterol levels of their meat rich diets...
From medicalnewstoday.com
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- On Life Span Differences Between Primates (longevitymeme.org)
- Why do humans outlive chimps? (feedburner.com)
- Why Humans Outlive Apes (digg.com)
Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex), suggests that this "hemispheric lateralization" for language may have its evolutionary roots in the gestural communication of our common ancestors. A large...
From biologynews.net
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- From chimps, new clues to language origins (news.google.com)
Uncovering another link between chimpanzees and humans, a new study found chimps gesture mainly with their right hands. This indicates the chimp brain's left side is used in communication, as in people.Video
From news.nationalgeographic.com
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- Human-Chimp Gene Comparison Hints at Roots of Language (blog.wired.com)
- Hominid Hits the Stage and Hordes of Homo Sapiens Watch (news.google.com)
"Do chimps understand what Jon Stewart (or another chimp) believes?" That's the title of a post from Dave Munger, who, pointing out that Stewart brings up the subject, uses the opportunity to ask to what extent chimpanzees possess object permanence,...
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From ideafestival.typepad.com
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by Michael WinshipGive thanks. Because this isn't one of those Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful -- although health, family, friends, laughter, etc., would certainly all be on mine.And Jane Goodall.Yes, that Jane Goodall, the woman we all grew up with watching those National Geographic specials on TV as she communed with the chimpanzees of Tanzania's Gombe National Park in East Africa.read more
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From commondreams.org
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Voice of AmericaJane Goodall: Still Hard at Work for the ChimpsVoice of AmericaShe has spent most of her career studying wild chimpanzees in a protected area of Tanzania called Gombe National Park. Over the past fifty years, ...Legendary Activist And Author Jane Goodall Spends Time At “The Daily Show”Ecorazziall 2 news articles »
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From news.google.com
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Modern chimpanzees use tools, and recent research indicates that chimpanzee stone tool use dates to at least 4300 years ago. A recent study revealed the use of such advanced tools as spears, which Common Chimpanzees in Senegal sharpen with their teeth, being used to spear Senegal Bushbabies out of small holes in trees. Prior to the discovery of tool use in chimps, it was believed that humans were the only species to make and use tools, but several other tool-using species are now known.
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