We know humans and chimps are closely related. But now we know even our laughter is very closely related. Here’s a great article (with pictures of chuckling orangutans, despite the title) about laughter and monkeys.
TheStar has a great little article on Bonobos. In particular this little nugget:
However, on top of that heavy social schedule, they still found time to spend about 15 per cent of their hours having sex (with friends, acquaintances and in groups comprising both sexes, often in a jolly tangle of fun and frolics).
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Researchers say that a mother monkey teaching how to floss is proof that monkeys in the wild can teach. The story is a little light on details, but still pretty interesting.
A Swedish study found that chimps can plan, citing an attack by a chimp at a zoo:
According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure. He waited [...]
February 2, 2009 – 9:38 pm
Via Discovery:
Orphaned infant chimpanzees that received attentive, nurturing care from human surrogate mothers were found to be more intellectually advanced than the average human baby when both groups were compared at the age of nine months, according to a new study published in the latest issue of Developmental Psychobiology.
Any regular reader to this blog knows [...]
October 15, 2008 – 8:13 pm
Research released today shows that Macaques brains are extremely powerful. They were able to send brain signals through electrodes to a paralyzed wrist muscle. Impressive. The wrist was paralyzed using local anesthetic so that it was only temporary. Check the article for more details. They essentially made a monkeybot.
August 26, 2008 – 7:40 pm
According to new research, monkeys like giving and receiving, much like their human counterparts. Apparently the capuchins were more willing to share with monkeys they knew than strangers. Again, just like humans.
Tune in tomorrow for a special post.
To relieve stress Chimps have been known to hug and kiss each other, research shows.
We’ve seen this before. Here and here.
The monkey borg are upon us:
Relying solely on brain signal manipulation, monkeys have learned to operate human-like robotic arms to feed themselves, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
I for one welcome our cyborg monkey overlords.
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Here’s an interesting story about where monkeys go to retire after they are used for research (in Canada). A look into something not often talked about. [National Post]
