The chimpanzee who learned American sign language and monkeys in space

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the tests ...
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Wild monkeys challenge a long-held assumption about the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees

・Wild sooty mangabey monkeys can bend the middle of their feet almost as much as chimpanzees flex their ankles while climbing trees. ・The finding shows that a monkey-like foot could still support ...

‘I didn’t want to write about this’: the man who first saw chimps waging civil war

John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world ...
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Monkey see, monkey do: Urination is socially contagious among chimps, new study shows

A new study has found that chimpanzees may be far from shy bathroomgoers. A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience ...
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Wild Primate Safety: Understanding Physical Power and Defensive Instincts

Explore the physical power and defensive behaviors of chimpanzees, macaques, and other primates to distinguish between ...