November 6th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A team of researchers have carried out the largest study of differences between human and chimpanzee genomes, identifying regions that have been duplicated or lost during evolution ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, October 21 (ANI): The true identity of the ghost-writer behind Me Cheeta, the autobiography of Tarzan''s chimpanzee pal, has finally been revealed by a British newspaper.
James Lever, 37, the ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 23 (ANI): Researchers from Emory University have found that chimps have a unique ability to recognize the faces of group members with photos of their behinds.
They found that the ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Jun 20 (ANI): Cheeta, the male chimpanzee who starred in the films Tarzan and Bedtime For Bonzo, has been denied a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Movie buffs campaigning ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 18 (ANI): A study by German researchers suggests that playing can be fatal for young chimpanzees.
Primatologist Christophe Boesch and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ...
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June 5th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 5 (ANI): Scientists have shown that our ancestors had a natural liking for cooked meals, by finding that several great apes, like humans, seem to prefer cooked foods over ...
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May 30th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 30 (IANS) It was perhaps when he stood up on his hind legs to reach for an overhanging fruit that the ancestor of primates and humans inadvertently learnt to walk ...
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May 30th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 30 (ANI): When babies learn to walk, they usually start covering short distances by shuffling. Now, a new research has suggested that our ancestors did the same before they ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 22 (ANI): Austrian animal rights activists are fighting to get a 26-year-old chimpanzee legally declared as a person so the animal can enjoy human rights.
Paula Stibbe, a British woman, ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 12 (ANI): Humans are not the only ones who succumb to peer pressure, for even rats feel it.
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontaria, Canada, found that brown rats ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 9 (IANS) Don Henley, lead singer of the rock group The Eagles, is surprised that he has been allowed to openly criticise US President George Bush whereas others have been ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by admin
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London, Apr 28 (ANI): Scientists have bred ligers, the world's largest cats by breeding lions with tigers, zorses by doing the same with zebra and horses, and zonkeys by breeding zebra ...
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April 24th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne , Apr 24 (ANI): She has romped with some of the most famous actors in Hollywood onscreen, but Christina Ricci would have least expected to be groped by a chimpanzee ...
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March 28th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 28 (ANI): German scientists have shown that just like primates, birds can also cooperate with each other to win a food reward by performing tasks that are difficult for ...
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March 27th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Chimps make judgments about strangers actions and dispositions by observing their behaviour and interactions in different situations, says a new research.
According to a new study, chimpanzees show ...
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March 19th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, Mar.19 (ANI): Lucknow Zoo authorities today celebrated the 16th birthday of a chimpanzee with a lot of zing.
With decorations adorning the wire fencing on the cage and a birthday cake ...
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March 6th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , Mar 6 (ANI): They might not be overtly racist today, but many U.S. citizens still subconsciously link African Americans with apes, says a new study.
And that is the reason why ...
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February 13th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by admin
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By Kamna Mathur
Lucknow, Feb.13 (ANI): Officials at a Lucknow zoo were unusually delighted this Monday, as they celebrated a 16-year-old chimpanzees birthday here.
Many parents with their tiny-tots flocked the zoo to ...
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January 27th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by admin
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London, Jan 27 (ANI): Hollywoods star chimpanzee, Cheeta the Chimp, is all set to recall his experiences from Hollywood's golden age in his autobiography.
The 75-year-old chimp has been approached by publisher Fourth ...
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January 16th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by admin
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London, Jan 16 (ANI): An Austrian animal rights groups hopes to have a chimpanzee declared a person have been dashed, after the countrys Supreme Court ruled that apes cannot be considered people.
The ...
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January 15th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): Keepers of a zoo in China are trying really hard to make a resident chimpanzee quit smoking.
Philly got addicted to the habit months earlier by picking up ...
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December 26th, 2007 - 1:24 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): Ugandan and French scientists have suggested that chimpanzees ability to treat ailments with plants might help humans discover new drugs.
The study, led by Sabrina Krief, a French veterinary ...
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