by Christine Kenneally BH | Oct 5, 2009 | Altruism, Baboons, Chimpanzees, Co-operation, Complexity, Evolution, Genes, Social complexity/connection
Frans de Waal, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, believes that it's just as natural to be nice as it is be mean. Man may be wolf to man, as the old saying has it, but de Waal points out with casual...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 21, 2007 | Chimpanzees, Infants, Orangutan, Social complexity/connection
Chimpanzees are smarter than humans. Orangutans are smarter than chimpanzees. Humans are smarter than chimpanzees. Which of these statements is true? More at Huffington Post.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 11, 2007 | Chimpanzees, Co-operation
Male chimpanzees in West Africa raid fruit from farms and orchards to share with females. In most cases, the males shared their booty with reproductive females in a food-for-sex swap. PLoS One.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 24, 2007 | Chimpanzees, Co-operation
Alpha males reward their buddies by giving them sexual access to the most desirable females. Is anyone surprised by this? Current Biology
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 18, 2007 | Chimpanzees, Co-operation, Punishment, Revenge
Chimpanzees take revenge upon one another, but only if it doesn’t cost them. Humans, however, will inflict suffering on themselves in order to punish someone else. It may be that our willingness to punish others even if it hurts us is as important to the...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 17, 2007 | Chimpanzees, First human..., Walking
In this week’s PNAS, scientists have compared how much energy is used in human bipedal walking compared to the four-legged gait of chimpanzees (and even bipedal walking in chimpanzees). In general, they found that energy is saved with longer steps and less...
