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Crows are brainier than your average apes
To start off with, I hate crows. They sound annoying, and they are too smart for their own good. I remember seeing some crows pick up rocks and then dropping it at someone's house over and over again. My theory is... Spain approves 'human rights' for apes
In a resolution passed earlier today, the Spanish parliament gave basic "human rights" to all of the species in the Great ape family. "Great apes should have the right to life and freedom, according to a resolution... Spain awards apes legal rights
Spanish Parliament has approved a resolution to grant chimps, gorillas, and orangutans statutory rights previously reserved for their human cousins. Support for this action has crossed party lines and is expected to... Gibraltar to cull Barbary apes that terrorise tourists
I visited Gibraltar when I was about 7. The only thing I remember from the visit is the apes. Gibraltar is famous for their apes. There is a theory that if the apes were to ever leave Gibraltar, then the territory... Orang-utans 'king of the grinners'
"Laughter was not developed first by humans but by our close biological cousins the apes, according to new scientific research. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found that orang-utans have a sense of... Toothy Find In Ethiopia Changes Evolutionary Assumption :: Oblate Spheroid
"The scientific community, through unearthed fossil evidence, has always assumed that humans evolved from apes. A new fossil may push back the approximate beginning of this split by millions of years.
What actually... Crows are as intelligent as apes
The researchers devised some very difficult tasks for the crows. It's remarkable that these creatures found and executed the right sequence of steps to solve the problems facing them. This is the entire... Monkey see, monkey sue: Austrian activists want chimpanzee declared a ’pers...
"In some ways, Hiasl is like any other Viennese: He indulges a weakness for pastry, likes to paint and enjoys chilling out watching TV.
But he doesn't care for coffee, and he isn't actually a person - at least not... Iowa apes to name swans
The Great Ape Trust in Iowa, which is home to eight bonobo apes, is about to get two Trumpeter Swans in a nearby pond. This on its own is not a huge deal, but the fact that the apes get to name the swans definitely...Capitalism Endangers Orangutan
"Orangutans Displaced, Killed by Indonesian Forest Fires Intentionally lit forest fires on the island of Borneo are killing Southeast Asia's endangered orangutans, conservationists warn. The fires are lit annually to clear land for oil palm plantations and agricultural...'Darwin on Trial' by Phillip E. Johnson: 1st Edition Open Access Book + Video
Online open access/free first edition of Phillip E. Johnson's book 'Darwin on Trial' (2nd Edition: Amazon UK | US)Video: Watch (RealPlayer) Phillip Johnson's Address given at the University of California, Irvine, 1992 (running time 90 minutes approx) in which he discusses...We and Apes - What Makes Us Different?
"You don't have to be a biologist or an anthropologist to see how closely the great apes—gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans—resemble us. Even a child can see that their bodies are pretty much the same...genital handshake when strangers meet
It's the way the Bonobos signal they are friendly.We Are Still Evolving
Yep that's a headline that should cheer us all up, well with the exception of the creationists. And despite President Bush's vain attempt to prove the contrary on every occasion.Relatively Speaking
A new study suggests our primate relatives are quick learners, and as tool makers are evolving.
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