The Aquatic Ape Theory
Source: Elaine Morgan
Scientists find it easy to explain why we resemble the African apes so closely by pointing out that gorillas, chimpanzees and humans share a common ancestor.
Common ancestor of ape and human was laughing
Source: newscientist.com
Researchers who tickled 25 juvenile apes – including three human infants – and recorded the sounds they made say that laughter seems to be shared by all great apes. That would mean laughter dates back some 10 to 16 million years, to our common ancestor.
Bush Meat Market Biggest Danger for Apes Africa Video
Source: Babelgum.com BBC
This video may be too graphic for some. It is not that graphic by the BBC. Another tape shows some apes and one having escaped from a trap. Other animals are also taken. The protected species act does not help them there.
China Plundering African Resources by Jane Goodall
Source: Wildlife Direct.org
This is from a talk by Jane Goodall. She says that China is trying to take over the forests in Africa for the wood, etc. They are doing it by bribing the countries. The apes are already in danger from plundering and war.
Top 10 Murderous Monkey Horror Movies
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The 2 percent genetic difference between us and primates is comprised mainly of muscle and insanity. Hollywood has made its own case for why we should fear the furry ones.
Monkeys and apes know right from wrong, scientists say
Source: the Mail online
Monkeys and apes have a sense of morality and fairness, new research has found. Scientists have discovered that the furry swingers can tell right from wrong, offer selfless help and empathise with fellow animals in times of trouble.
Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant - a must see
Source: BBC News
A restaurant in Japan has some unusual waiting staff on its books - two macaque monkeys. Yatchan and Fukuchan serve customers hot towels and drinks, and are given soya beans as tips.
How the Human Got His Thumbs
Source: Popular Science -
For decades, people referred to the non-coding bits of DNA between genes as junk DNA. Then, in the eighties scientists discovered that some of that junk DNA served an important purpose.
Vestigial Vocal Organ Muffles Human Speech
Source: Discovery.com
July 18, 2008 -- All four great apes -- humans, chimps, gorillas and orangutans -- have vocal tract air sacs evolved for calling out to others over long distances.
When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans
Source: The New York Times
If you caught your son burning ants with a magnifying glass, would it bother you less than if you found him torturing a mouse with a soldering iron? How about a snake? How about his sister?
Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes
Source: Reuters
By Martin Roberts MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for...
Spanish parliament approves 'human rights' for apes
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Great apes should have the right to life and freedom, according to a resolution passed in Spanish parliament, in what could become the first national legislation to enshrine human rights for chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos.
Like Humans, Other Apes Plan Ahead
Source: Yahoo! News
Chimps and orangutans plan for the future just like us. They are capable of exercising self-control to postpone gratification and to imagine future events via "mental time travel," according to new research from Lunds University Cognitive Science in Sweden...
The appearance of the hyoid bone in the humanoid fossil record occurred possibly 800,000 years ago.
What We Know (and Hate) about Consciousness
Source: Live Science
I know who I am and I know that I know who I am. In the language of psychology, this means I am a conscious being, someone who thinks rather than reacts. Someone who takes in her surroundings and processes that information, milling it over in the mind, thinking about it.