... a linkage between visiting scientists and tourists and the viruses that are threatening the endangered chimpanzee population.
Scientific establishment of that linkage could affect the eco-tourism ...
... , who did the analysis of play ontogeny.
It also has important implications for the conservation of chimpanzees, which are classed as Endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), as well as ...
... contact amongst children is increasingly seen as another major driver. New research on chimpanzees suggests that this effect of social connectivity on disease cycling may long predate attendance of ...
... these viruses. Identifying the locations may help determine where the highest rates of human–chimpanzee interactions occur. This may predict what other pathogens may jump the species barrier next.
Chimpanzees often kiss, cuddle and groom the victim of aggression within a group
... also of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. "Since most threats to chimpanzee populations are derived from human activities such as hunting and deforestation, this has contributed ...
... emotionally-based care were more cognitively advanced than human infants. Humans overtake chimpanzees in development terms as they grow older but the study sends stark warnings that looking after ...
... be greater genetic differences between individuals within a particular species of yeast than there are between humans and chimpanzees. The DNA of individual yeast organisms can vary by up to 4 per ...
... Republic of Congo (DRC) threaten the existence of the largest remaining continuous population of chimpanzees in the world. This conclusion is based on observations made during a 2007-2008 survey of ...
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Boesch concluded, "Our findings add to the ever-growing evidence suggesting that chimpanzees can think in the past and the future and that this influences their present behaviour."
"These findings ...
Chimpanzees are the closest cousins to humans, yet human activity could send our primate kin to extinction.
... de Recherche pour le Développement.
To investigate the diversity of Plasmodium parasites circulating in chimpanzees in Africa, the team collected blood from 19 wild-borne animals kept as pets by ...
LEIPZIG, Germany, June 9 (UPI) -- Scientists who mapped fruit trees and tracked chimpanzees in Ivory Coast say the animals can remember the locations of thousands of trees.
... of Tanzanian and American specialists to conduct the first post-mortem exam of a chimpanzee that died from AIDS.
"From a scientific perspective, it is fascinating to learn that the virus affects ...
... or collecting termites. However the variation in techniques and the relationship between the ants and the chimpanzees has perplexed scientists for decades.
"In other studies, based across Africa, ...
