Topic: Primatology
Hominid skeleton sheds light on human origins
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>A 4.4 million year old skeleton of a female "ground ape" shows signs of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date, according to research out Thursday in the journal Science.</p><p>The fragile ...
Oldest hominid skeleton sheds light on human origins
AFP American Edition
<div><p>A 4.4 million year old skeleton of a female "ground ape" shows signs of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date, according to research out Thursday in the journal Science.</p><p>The fragile ...
Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35.</p><p> ...
Yawning toons make an ape gape
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday.</p><p>"Contagious yawning" is well known among humans, and earlier studies have shown that chimps are not immune to ...
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