Sentences with phrase «wild chimps»

The phrase "wild chimps" refers to chimpanzees that live in their natural habitat, without any human interference or captivity. Full definition
In another twist, a population of wild chimps in Uganda's Kibale National Park appears to be using objects as toys.
The world's top expert on chimpanzees, Goodall spent more than 50 years observing and documenting social interactions of wild chimps in Tanzania, starting under the guidance of Louis Leakey in the late 1950s.
Homo habilis could have learned to make the Oldowan tool on his or her own, much as wild chimps use sticks to fish for termites.
The observations were made in the forests of Bossou, Guinea, where primatologists have been studying wild chimps for 3 decades.
A new study of wild chimps at four sites in West Africa now shows that they also like to throw stones at trees.
«But if I wanted to collect a similar data set on wild chimps, I would be struggling.
New analysis of wild chimps finds they may inherit actions that appeared to be transmitted socially
«Female chimpanzees don't fight for «queen bee» status: Study of social rank in wild chimps shows striking differences between the sexes.»
In the first experiment, the researchers recorded how wild chimps used their bodies to indicate the location of the snake to other chimps.
The researchers came to the conclusion after designing a series of experiments that involved observing wild chimps in the Budongo Forest of Uganda.
A team led by Beatrice Hahn, professor of medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, has now detected antibodies against the HIV - 1 precursor — along with nucleic acids from the virus itself — in the scat of wild chimps.
Kahlenberg and Wrangham analysed data from 14 years of observation of wild chimps and categorised stick - use into four classes: as probes to investigate holes; as weapons during aggressive displays or attacks; as a prop during solitary play; and, in essence, as dolls.
Without aggressive intervention, wild chimps and gorillas could be pushed to the brink of extinction in just one decade.
64 HIV Precursor Found in the Wild A team detected antibodies against the HIV - 1 precursor in the scat of wild chimps...
The research team called for the status of wild chimps and gorillas to be raised to «critically endangered» and for foreign governments to link aid to verifiable efforts to stop hunting and the traffic in bush meat.
For example, according to a recent survey of five long - term chimp studies, the most sociable chimps tend to be best at using tools (captive chimps, by the same token, are better with tools than wild chimps).
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