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Apes remember long-lost friends and family they haven't seen in decades

2:35pm December 26, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Researchers found that chimpanzees and bonobos were able to recognize photos of former groupmates after more than 25 years apart, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University.

A chimpanzee hugs her newborn at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, in 2010. Over the course of his long career, primatologist Frans de Waal has become convinced that primates and other animals express emotions similar to human emotions.

Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own

4:03pm March 19, 2019

by Terry Gross

Primatologist Frans de Waal believes that the way humans experience emotion is not unique: "That's a spectrum of behavior that we have, and the same thing is true for many other species."

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Mama celebrates her 50th birthday on May 3, 2007, with fruit and vegetables at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, Holland.

Watch The Moment A Dying Chimpanzee Recognizes An Old Friend

3:19pm October 24, 2017

by Barbara J. King

We may all tear up watching this elderly chimpanzee reunite with a friend at the end of her life — a testament to the complexity of animal thinking and feeling, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Monkeys' vocal equipment can produce the sounds of human speech, research shows, but they lack the connections between the auditory and motor parts of the brain that humans rely on to imitate words.

Say, What? Monkey Mouths And Throats Are Equipped For Speech

2:58pm December 09, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Monkeys weren't thought to have the right sort of vocal tracts to speak. But a study finds they can make many sounds common in human speech; it's just that their brains aren't "language ready."

Mineral supplements, ape-style: A female chimp called Kana eats clay in the Budongo Forest of Uganda.

Humans Aren't The Only Ones To Go Ape Over Diets: Chimps 'Detox,' Too

10:32am August 01, 2015

by Ina Yang

A group of Ugandan chimps has found a great way to boost their mineral intake and neutralize bitter compounds in their diet: by eating clay.

Should chimps have the same legal rights as these lawyers? Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Foundation, who is representing research chimps Hercules and Leo, says yes. Assistant Attorney General Christopher Coulston disagrees. They both made

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Research Chimps Get Their Day In Court In New York

4:02pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But neither Hercules nor Leo, who are at the center of a legal battle over whether chimpanzees should have the same legal rights as people, were physically present in the Manhattan courtroom.

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N.Y. Judge Amends Habeas Corpus Order For Chimps

6:10pm April 22, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The amended order suggests that the court has made no decision on whether the two research chimps at Stony Brook University can be treated as legal persons.

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N.Y. Judge Grants Legal Rights To 2 Research Chimps

6:09pm April 22, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe's order Monday grants two research chimps the writ of habeas corpus. The decision, says Science magazine, effectively recognizes chimps as legal persons.

An example of a human precision grip — grasping a first metacarpal from the thumb of a specimen of Australopithecus africanus that's thought to be 2 to 3 million years old.

Maybe Early Humans Weren't The First To Get A Good Grip

1:16pm February 23, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The opposable thumb you use to hold a pencil was long thought to be a defining aspect of humans. But an analysis of finger bones suggests stone tool use by pre-humans — perhaps 3 million years ago.

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