Read more primates stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20017/primates.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:21:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA primate fossil found in Africa in 1994 predates the famous “Lucy” skeleton by 1 million years and offers clues to human evolution, researchers say. “This is huge,” a paleoanthropologist tells the Washington Post . “This is the biggest discovery really since” Lucy. The researchers believe “Ardi”— Ardipithecus ramidus —lived in...http://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68392/monkeys-only-like-monkey-music-and-metallica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMonkeys subjected to a range of human music ignored Bach, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz, but found Metallica soothing, the Daily Telegraph reports. The experiment on a group of cottontop tamarins, carried out by a psychologist and a cellist, found that while the monkeys showed no response to human music,...http://www.newser.com/story/68392/monkeys-only-like-monkey-music-and-metallica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 8:13:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64716/goodall-environment-near-point-of-no-return.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe LA Times catches up with chimp guru Jane Goodall, who argues in a new book that that the world is nearly "at the point of no return" on the environment, but that political will can turn things around. Interview excerpts: On the environment: "When I began there was no...http://www.newser.com/story/64716/goodall-environment-near-point-of-no-return.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 15:41:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63876/if-monkeys-could-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMonkeys can recognize “incorrect” syllable pattern in words, revealing that species other than human possess the underlying skills necessary for anguage, the BBC reports. Researchers played recordings of made-up words that shared either a common prefix or suffix for two groups of cotton-top tamarin monkey. Tamarins familiarized with either syllable...http://www.newser.com/story/63876/if-monkeys-could-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 3:54:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63068/whatever-happened-to-jackos-bubbles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, Neal Rubin of the Detroit News wondered: Whatever happened to Bubbles the chimpanzee? “For a while, Bubbles appeared to be Jackson’s best friend, which was sort of sad for both of them,” Rubin writes. The odd coupling lasted from 1985, when Jackson adopted...http://www.newser.com/story/63068/whatever-happened-to-jackos-bubbles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 9:49:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62080/some-male-mom-baboons-just-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists are trying to figure out why many male baboons enter into platonic friendships with single moms, the BBC reports. Researchers probing relationships within baboon tribes found that the friendships, which did not appear to involve sex in about half the instances, helped mother and offspring dodge the unwanted attentions...http://www.newser.com/story/62080/some-male-mom-baboons-just-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 5:26:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60312/congo-battles-gorilla-pet-trade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConservationists trying to save the Republic of Congo's gorillas are fighting to protect the primates from poachers and the pet trade, the Daily Telegraph reports. One foundation, which warns that the gorilla population will be half what it is now by 2020 at the current rate of extermination, has founded...http://www.newser.com/story/60312/congo-battles-gorilla-pet-trade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 8:19:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59501/47m-year-old-fossil-evolutionary-aunt-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered the oldest intact primate fossil on record, ABC News reports. Nicknamed “Ida,” the 47-million-year-old lemur-like creature had opposable thumbs, fingernails instead of claws, and legs that could have evolved to walk upright. Scientists don’t think Ida is a direct ancestor of humans, though. “We are not dealing...http://www.newser.com/story/59501/47m-year-old-fossil-evolutionary-aunt-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 16:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a 47 million-year-old primate fossil that they believe represents the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes, and humans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The find supports a theory that humans' ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, which is also believed to be linked to lemurs. The...http://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 6:16:55 CDT