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How Monkeys Mirror Human Irrationality
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the...

Japanese Monkey Deaths Puzzle

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 - 11:56:14 - Ehud Rattner

Scientists from Japan's premier primate research centre are struggling to reassure the public that a mysterious illness killing their monkeys poses...

Syntax in Our Primate Cousins

Sunday, December 13th, 2009 - 19:43:22 - Ehud Rattner

A study carried out in Ivory Coast has shown that monkeys of a certain forest-dwelling species called Campbell's monkeys emit six types of alert...

New Fossil Primate Challenges 'Missing Link'

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 - 16:06:06 - Ehud Rattner

Remember Ida? It's been just a month since the fossil primate made her debut on the History Channel where she was called a "missing link" between...

The Missing Link?
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old lemur-like creature have been unveiled in the US. The preservation is...

Grooming Your Way to the Top

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 - 18:11:54 - Ehud Rattner

Among most mammals, being the biggest and meanest is the only way to become the alpha male with a choice of mates. But in chimpanzee society, it...

Evolution of Speech Through an Orangutan?

Friday, December 12th, 2008 - 16:45:19 - Anuradha Menon

Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan’s spontaneous...

Primate's Brain Has Preserved Signature

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 - 20:28:04 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral...

Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 - 15:23:03 - Ehud Rattner

Somewhere in the murky past, between four and seven million years ago, a hungry common ancestor of today's primates, including humans, did something...

Huntington's Disease in Monkies?

Monday, May 19th, 2008 - 10:34:40 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Center, Emory University, have discovered the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer’s-like...

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