chimpanzees
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Some Chimpanzees Have a Bone in Their Heart and Some Humans Might, Too
Scientists in the United Kingdom have discovered a rare bone, called the os cordis, in chimpanzees with a common heart condition. The implications of this finding could extend to humans, who share a close genetic relationship to chimps.
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Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats
We know chimpanzees as intelligent, emotional creatures that make and use tools, grieve for their dead, and pass down traditions between generations. But less well-known is that different communities of chimps have unique cultures—and that behavioural diversity that is shrinking, according to a new, 10-year study of chimpanzee groups in Africa.
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Human Babies Laugh Just Like Chimpanzees
The world is bad, but babies remain good.
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Chimp Beds Are Way Less Filthy Than Human Beds
In a twist that rivals cinema’s best, a new study published Tuesday in Royal Society Open Science suggests a horrible truth: We’ve been the damn dirty apes all along. It found that beds made by one of our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees, contain little personal filth, meaning germs and parasites from their own body, and…