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Humans and Primates

Primate Brain Study Sheds Light On Human Smarts

Posted 03.29.2013 | Science
Read More: Intelligence, Video, Prefrontal Cortex, Primates, Brain, Human Brain, Brain Science, Evolution, Apes, Brain Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Human Ancestors, Humans and Primates, Science News

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/28/2013 09:53 AM EDT on LiveScience Brain organization, not overall size, may be the key ev...

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Chimp Loves Her Porn

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.15.2013 | Weird News
Read More: Pornography, Pablo Herreros, Primate Behavior, Seville Zoo, Chimpanzee, Primates, Adult Films, Gina Chimpanzee, Spain, Animals in the News, Porn, X-Rated, Humans and Primates, Weird News News

No family-friendly shows for this gal. A female chimpanzee at the Seville Zoo in Spain watched porn every chance she got, primatologist Pablo Herrero...

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Planet Without Apes?

Craig Stanford | Posted 01.05.2013 | Science
Read More: Jane Goodall Institute, Jane Goodall, Apes, Primates, Monkeys, Humans and Primates, Gorillas, Bonobos, Orangutans, Endangered Species, Chimpanzees, Animals, Science News
Craig Stanford

Against all odds, the great apes have hung on in remote pockets of the world into the 21st century. Their fate will decided in the remainder of the century, as we grapple with large scale environmental changes that threaten our own lives as well.

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Can Primates Teach Us How to Do Politics Right?

Kelpie Wilson | Posted 11.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Bonobos, Deception, Gorillas, Occupy Wall Street, Ponzi Scheme, Morality, Chimpanzees, Occupy, Justice, Monkeys, Trickster, Solar Power, Humans and Primates, Energy, Equality, Empathy, Agriculture, Sustainable, Primates Politics, Primates, Video, Politics News
Kelpie Wilson

As crazy as politics seems to us these days, politics actually has its evolutionary roots in the primate use of "tactical deception," which is just as it sounds: the use of deception to manipulate your fellows into giving you what you want.

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Are We Really That Different In Love?

Dan Wharton, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Valentine's Day, Primates, Valentine's Day Advice, Zoology, Animals, Love, Zoo Animals, Study Animals, Humans and Primates, Valentine's Day Love, Healthy Living News
Dan Wharton, Ph.D.

After years of getting to know a few thousand animals on a first name basis at the Brookfield Zoo, I have come to the conclusion that the so-called divide between animals and humans is really a laugh.

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I Have Seen My Shadow, and It's Human!

Frans de Waal | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Animals, Roots-of-Empathy, Humans and Primates, Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil, Healthy Living News
Frans de Waal

I am no Punxsutawney Phil, but I did see my shadow today and, I hate to tell you, it is human! We, animals, are often said to be like humans in our bodies, but very unlike them in our minds -- is that so?

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Nervous Old Male

Frans de Waal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Hillary Clinton, Presidential Debates, Animals, John McCain, Humans and Primates, Sarah Palin, Barrack Obama, Home News
Frans de Waal

David Broder in the Washington Post of September 28, 2008, writes an opinion piece entitled "McCain as the Alpha Male." Since the term "alpha male" c...

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