I listen to a lot of PR, and today I heard of a rather interesting chimpanzee named Victoria (or possibly Vicky ( Read more... )

Human-like altruism shown in chimpanzees
Mon, 2007-06-25 05:58 - BJS
Debates about altruism are often based on the assumption that it is either unique to humans or else the human version differs from that of other animals in important ways. Thus, only humans are supposed to ( Read more... )

Chimps can sustain multiple-tradition cultures
Thu, 2007-06-07 15:27 - BJS
Scientists have long wondered if local animal cultures exist, and now, based on findings by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University, the University of Texas and ( Read more... )

NIH to stop breeding chimps for testing

Fri, 2007-05-25 06:13 - BJS

The Humane Society of the United States and Project R&R: Release & Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories applaud the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources' (NCRR) ( Read more... )

Armed and dangerous

The discovery of a chimpanzee making and using a spear in Senegal is not only a surprising revelation about our nearest evolutionary relative, say Mairi MacLeod and Ian Sample - it could also provide invaluable insights into how man developed technology

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Ancient tools show chimps had their own stone age
Ian Sample, science correspondent
Tuesday February 13, 2007
The Guardian

The first prehistoric evidence for a "chimpanzee stone age" has been uncovered by archaeologists working in an African rainforest. Primitive stone hammers and anvils dating from 4,300 ( Read more... )

Closer to man than ape
Ian Sample, science correspondent ( Read more... )