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Chimpanzees Use Stone Tools like Ancient Human, Study Finds
Recent research reveals that chimpanzees select stone tools for cracking nuts in ways that may reflect techniques used by ancient human ancestors. The study observed how chimpanzees chose rocks for hammers and anvils based on their mechanical properties, such as hardness, shape, and elasticity, rather than their appearance. This mirrors the tool se...
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Chimpanzees’ Task Performance Improves With Human Audience, Study Finds
A study published in iScience found that chimpanzees performed better on challenging tasks when observed by humans. The research, conducted by Kyoto University, revealed that the presence of a larger human audience improved performance on difficult tasks, while simpler tasks saw a decline in accuracy. This suggests that the audience effect, often l...
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Chimpanzees Found To Share Humans' Style Of Conversing
On analysing the data, the researchers found that chimpanzees have a timing similar to that seen in humans - pauses of about 120 milliseconds each between a gesture and its response.
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Young Chimpanzees, Human Teens Show Similar Risk-Taking Behaviour: Study
Adolescent chimpanzees exhibit some of the same risk-taking behaviour as human teenagers, but they may be less impulsive, according to a research.
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Chummy Chimps Harbour Richer Gut Bacteria
Monitoring social behaviour of wild chimpanzees, researchers have found that being gregarious may help transmit beneficial microbes and increase diversity of gut bacteria.
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Chimpanzees Use Stone Tools like Ancient Human, Study Finds
Recent research reveals that chimpanzees select stone tools for cracking nuts in ways that may reflect techniques used by ancient human ancestors. The study observed how chimpanzees chose rocks for hammers and anvils based on their mechanical properties, such as hardness, shape, and elasticity, rather than their appearance. This mirrors the tool se...
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Chimpanzees’ Task Performance Improves With Human Audience, Study Finds
A study published in iScience found that chimpanzees performed better on challenging tasks when observed by humans. The research, conducted by Kyoto University, revealed that the presence of a larger human audience improved performance on difficult tasks, while simpler tasks saw a decline in accuracy. This suggests that the audience effect, often l...
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Chimpanzees Found To Share Humans' Style Of Conversing
On analysing the data, the researchers found that chimpanzees have a timing similar to that seen in humans - pauses of about 120 milliseconds each between a gesture and its response.
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Young Chimpanzees, Human Teens Show Similar Risk-Taking Behaviour: Study
Adolescent chimpanzees exhibit some of the same risk-taking behaviour as human teenagers, but they may be less impulsive, according to a research.
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Chummy Chimps Harbour Richer Gut Bacteria
Monitoring social behaviour of wild chimpanzees, researchers have found that being gregarious may help transmit beneficial microbes and increase diversity of gut bacteria.
