Sentences with phrase «that chimps»

Aggressive behavior studied in chimps in eastern Africa.

She studies chimpanzees to understand the evolution of humans and other primates and is currently conducting field studies of chimps in Tanzania

The epidemic begins with chimps infected with «rage» (as part of research into what we presume is a cure for violent impulses) liberated by animal rights activists.

New fossil evidence suggests human ancestors may have split from chimps as early as 10 million years ago, bringing fossil evidence in line with data from molecular clocks

Life as a Writer Finally, two from John Scalzi — «Writers have as much (financial) sense as chimps on crack ``, and a tough love link on work habits.

It sends an important message, I think: it's just as valid to fight for the security of your local groundwater as for chimps in Tanzania.

I remember him being quite shy and awkward, though the representations of chimps doing nasty things is brash and bold and sexually charged.

In April, McClatchy Newspapers ran a special report based on its review of thousands of medical records detailing research on chimps like Bobby.

With this combo I can easily set up landing pages, call - to - action boxes, sign - up forms, etc. (Oh, and I use Mail Chimp for email campaigns.

De Waal and colleagues have been testing human intuition concerning the behavior of chimps at the Arnheim Zoo since 1976.

Highly social by nature, they should live with other chimps and in a stimulating environment with room to move around.

The strength of the paper, he says, is that the large number of animals involved provide a good sample of the different ways in which chimp brains age.

That is often taken to mean that we have not evolved much recently, Cochran says, «but keep in mind that the human and chimp genomes differ by only about 1 to 2 percent — and nobody would call that a minor difference.

Some groups of chimps use twigs to fish for termites, others don't.

But given that most NIH - funded chimp research does not have conservation aims per se, it is not clear how will it meet the new permitting requirements if they're instituted.

Still, if cooperative breeding is so beneficial, why don't chimps do it?

Now Estaban and lol, don't you boys of reason and logic go throwing around facts like chimps throw feces at the poor ignorant creationists.

A team led by Christophe Boesch of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, studied chimps living in Loango National Park in Gabon.

About 150 at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico will be moved later because they are further from Chimp Haven, Collins says.

A study in Zambia found differences between chimp colonies in how they open hard - shelled fruits, demonstrating support for both social learning and culture.

Back in his lab, Provine shows me video footage of a pair of young chimps named Josh and Lizzie playing with a human caretaker.

The patterns of collective violence in which young chimp males engage are remarkably similar to those of young human males.

This version, however, is a DreamWorks - only production, with Space Chimps» KIrk DeMicco and How To Train Your Dragon's Chris Sanders sharing directing duties.

In addition, male chimps give females that are waving these red flags of fertility first chance at high - protein food such as meat.

Today's working group, part of the NIH Council of Councils, was asked by NIH Director Francis Collins to help NIH implement the IOM report, which laid out specific criteria for when chimp studies are justified.

BEFORE their first pregnancy, young female chimps often play with logs, cuddling them like babies, much as children play with dolls.

In the 1970s, researchers discovered that chimps living in Guinea and Ivory Coast, on the far western edge of their species's range, hunted and used tools differently from their eastern cousins.

Looking at Goodall, who devoted a part of her life to saving chimps in Tanzania, Drori says, «Jane Goodall was predicting the start of ape extinction within 15 years.

To prove that Nambi and the seven other chimps who started using moss sponges didn't just come up with the idea independently, Catherine Hobaiter of the University of St Andrews, UK, and her colleagues used their own innovation: a statistical analysis of the community's social network.

A new study of wild chimps at four sites in West Africa now shows that they also like to throw stones at trees.

Biologists working in the Republic of Guinea have found evidence for an apparent «sacred tree» used by chimps, perhaps for some sort of ritual

Midway through the four - year war at Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park (see main story), Jane Goodall's team saw a mother - and - daughter duo steal, kill and eat baby chimps from their own community.

So if chimps don't do it, what about young humans?

To deepen our concept of their culture, primatologists will have to learn more about chimps» interpersonal relationships.

Genetically modified San Francisco chimps make for great company in this sequel to the reboot, with Andy Serkis's CGI Caesar facing off against human mischief - maker Gary Oldman

This is how chimps first acted when Gallup placed a full - length mirror next to their cages.

Comic relief is provided by another new character, an estranged Zoo chimp called Bad Ape.

If seeing chimps is on your bucket list, make sure you check out some tours.

Investigators have been arguing about whether chimps truly have culture ever since.

Super-smart tool users, they can even use causal reasoning to solve problems, which even chimps can't do.

The data come from 14 to 17 months of observing chimp populations in Guinea - Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, and Ivory Coast.

Bonobo behavior, however, offers another window on the past because they, too, shared our 5 - million - year - old ancestor, diverging from chimps just 2 million years ago.

Using databases created by other labs, the Duke University scientists cross-checked areas of human DNA that had developed differences from chimp DNA with areas of DNA they expected to be important for gene regulation.

Common chimps also have a reputation for aggression and bloodshed.

Nearby attractions include Chimp Eden, Lowveld National Botanical Garden, Nelspruit Golf Club, Sudwala Caves and Emnotweni Casino.

When zoo chimps get these viruses, they also get antibiotics to kill bacteria.

Researchers did not observe the first deadly chimpanzee raid until 1974, more than a decade after Jane Goodall started watching chimps at the Gombe reserve.

Their arrival at Project Chimps suggests plans to retire these animals — which can live up to 50 years in captivity — may be back on track.

Why did some eveolve into humans while other evolved into chimps?