Primatology

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Discovery in Ethiopia casts light on human origins

Reuters US Online Report Science News 131 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The skeleton of an early human who lived 4.4 million years ago shows that humans did not evolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors, researchers reported on Thursday. Instead, the missing link -- the common ancestor of both humans and modern apes ...

Hominid skeleton sheds light on human origins

AFP Global Edition 131 days ago

A 4.4 million year old skeleton of a female "ground ape" shows signs of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date, according to research out Thursday in the journal Science. The fragile remains of the small creature, ...

Oldest hominid skeleton sheds light on human origins

AFP American Edition 131 days ago

A 4.4 million year old skeleton of a female "ground ape" shows signs of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date, according to research out Thursday in the journal Science. The fragile remains of the small creature, ...

Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda

AFP Global Edition 147 days ago

Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35. The Rwandan and national parks office ...

Yawning toons make an ape gape

AFP Global Edition 154 days ago

Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday. "Contagious yawning" is well known among humans, and earlier studies have shown that chimps are not immune to its suggestive influence either. ...

Chimps evacuating from LA fire tried to escape

AP News 161 days ago

2 chimps evacuating from wildfire recaptured after escaping from temporary shelter at LA zoo Two chimpanzees that were evacuated from an animal sanctuary threatened by wildfire have been recaptured after they escaped from their crates while being unloaded at the Los Angeles ...

Scientists find malaria jumped from chimps to humans

AFP American Edition 190 days ago

Malaria, which affects some 500 million people a year worldwide, was first transmitted to humans by chimpanzees, according to a US study. The origins of mosquito-carried malaria has long been unclear, and has lead scientists to come up with several inconclusive theories. ...

Gorillas may be a source of AIDS, researchers find

Reuters US Online Report Top News 191 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman from Cameroon has been found to be infected with an AIDS-like virus that came from gorillas, French researchers reported Sunday. The woman, who has no symptoms of HIV infection, is well and was likely infected by another ...

Scientists find HIV's 'missing link' in ill chimps

AP News 201 days ago

'Missing link' seen in primate form of AIDS virus killing chimps; other apes unharmed Scientists believe they have found a "missing link" in the evolution of the virus that causes AIDS. It bridges the gap between the infection that does no harm ...

Chimps die from AIDS-like disease after viral infection

AFP Global Edition 202 days ago

Chimpanzees infected with the ape version of HIV can die of an AIDS-like disease, a finding that challenges conventional beliefs that chimps are immune to the virus, according to a study released on Wednesday. Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a pathogen circulating in ...

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