Sentences with phrase «as chimpanzees»

Trisomy 22 is diagnosed when the cells of apes such as chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans contain a third copy of chromosome 22.

The new study undercuts a long - standing idea that Stone Age hunter - gatherers clustered among close kin, with men forming alliances and guarding home territories against competing groups, much as chimpanzees now do.

Worshiping a corpse is as sad, pathetic and primitive as those chimpanzee mothers who clutch their dead infants until their baby's skeletons fall apart.

However, their behaviour is a clear sign that six - year - old children as well as chimpanzees are eager to observe how uncooperative members of their community are punished,» adds Nikolaus Steinbeis, the other first author of the study and scientist at both MPI CBS and University College London.

As the chimpanzee genome is roughly three - gigabases in length, the volume of this sequence data was unprecedented, enabling the scientists to decipher precise mutation trajectories occuring within one generation.

Our forebears stood only about as tall as a chimpanzee and had brains the size of a chimp's.

The most likely explanation is that she fell from a tall tree, as chimpanzees occasionally do.

A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden suggests that ravens can be as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains, indicating that rather than the size of the brain, the neuronal density and the structure of the birds» brains play an important role in terms of their intelligence.

«H. naledi wouldn't have been in any way as proficient as chimpanzees or much more primitive hominins at climbing trees, but it still would be better - suited than we are,» said Harcourt - Smith, lead author of the other H. naledi paper.

Mutations in a gene called ASPM, for example, reduce the size of a human brain by up to 50 percent, making it about the same size as a chimpanzee's brain.

But a new study suggests that ravens are as smart as chimpanzees.

As chimpanzees avoid human contact, CHRISTOPHE BOESCH explains, the research team conducted the study by setting up camera traps to catch chimpanzee behavior on video.

From nut trees to ant nests, stones to shrubs, the bonobos had access to as many tools and promising foraging opportunities in their stomping ground as the chimpanzees.

This means human should have the same strength as the chimpanzee.

And one more, Tim Roth in Tim Burton's horrible remake of «Planet of the Apes» as the chimpanzee General Thade, a ferocious character you would not want to cross.

Although not as compelling as Chimpanzee or Bears, Monkey Kingdom is still a great little nature doc with some terrific surprises.

Then Brian watched in horror as a chimpanzee jerked himself off, slurped up the cum, and spat it out.

Researchers have long explored this idea by observing animals such as chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants, but biologist Natalia Borrego of South Africa's University of KwaZulu - Natal focuses on big cats.

The researchers» statistical analysis of the elephants» relationships shows that female Asian elephants live in a highly dynamic and fluid society, with individuals leaving and rejoining, much as chimpanzees and bottlenose dolphins are known to do.

Likewise, a new biology seeks to explore the inner life of creatures such as chimpanzees.

Recently, however, researchers have found that other apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, seem to show signs of self - awareness, including recognizing and inspecting themselves in a mirror.

The ability to acquire new skills through the «true imitation» of others» behaviour is thought to be unique to humans and advanced primates, such as chimpanzees.

Unlike other species of primates, such as chimpanzees or baboons (or, all too often, humans), where tensions run high between males and females, bonobo females are not afraid of males, and the sexes mingle peacefully.

It had been assumed that our common ancestor was probably like Proconsul, which weighed about the same as a chimpanzee and lived in East Africa 23 million years ago.

Although the fossil record of human evolution is still patchy, it is better understood than that of great apes such as chimpanzees and gorillas.

Looking to dogs for help in understanding human evolution is a relatively new idea, since scientists most often turn to close human relatives such as chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas for answers to evolutionary questions.

Added to this, our ancestors probably weaned their babies by mouth - to - mouth feeding of chewed food, as chimpanzees and some mothers do today, reinforcing the connection between sharing spit and pleasure.

But our closest primate relatives, great apes such as chimpanzees, are not cooperative breeders.

But the INSIGHT model considers the changes among dozens of human individuals and close relatives, such as the chimpanzee, which provides a picture of evolution over much shorter time frames.

One big issue was whether apes such as chimpanzees, which do help each other out in certain circumstances, do so out of selfless motives or need to be cajoled to lend a helping hand.

The origins of language development in humans are mysterious, as the vocalisations of our closest existing biological relatives such as chimpanzees are relatively simple.

Human brains are unique, even when compared with our close genetic relatives, such as chimpanzees.

Non-human primates, such as chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and certain monkeys, are all known to make and use rudimentary tools.

Under the proposed NIH policy, taxpayer funds would be allowed for experiments in which human cells are added to early - stage embryos of all animals except nonhuman primates, such as chimpanzees and monkeys, because they are so similar to humans.

Arguing that cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants have the capacity for limited personhood rights, Steve and his legal team are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a «thing» with no rights to a «person» with legal protections.

Apparently the psychologists at Queen's University Belfast agreed with us and recruited 42 pet cats for a study that followed research showing similar traits in animals such as chimpanzees and horses.

At present, anthropomorphism in conservation is limited to social, intelligent animals, such as chimpanzees, polar bears and dolphins.