Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought
A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives
🌍🐒 Dr. Jane Goodall collaborated with #Google to share an environmental message for #EarthDay. This animated #biography explains her work as an ethologist and her dedication to protecting the planet.
The #video also highlights Roots and Shoots, a program that supports young people in over 140 countries who are working on environmental and humanitarian issues in their local communities.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/dr-jane-goodalls-google-doodle-for-earth-day-2018?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=jane-goodall-earth-day
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Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’
Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe
🦧📉 Researchers at #Uganda’s #Kibale National Park tracked a decade-long conflict after a massive community of #chimpanzees divided. The study in the journal #Science documents how former social partners became rivals when their connecting social ties decayed.
👉 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5781149/chimpanzee-civil-war-primate-conflict-anthropology
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New research finds orangutans and chimpanzees match each other’s laugh faces with surprising precision — and the ability likely traces back 10–16 million years to our last common ancestor.
#Primatology #HumanEvolution #Emotions https://www.primatology.net/p/great-apes-match-each-others-laugh
Great Apes Match Each Other’s Laugh Faces with Surprising Precision
A new study on orangutans and chimpanzees suggests the fine-tuning of facial mimicry runs deep in primate evolution
Chimps in Uganda’s Kibale National Park split into rival groups and descended into years of lethal conflict — no ideology, no ethnicity, just collapsing social networks. New research in Science challenges what we think drives collective violence.
#Primatology #HumanEvolution #Anthropology https://www.primatology.net/p/when-former-friends-become-enemies
When Former Friends Become Enemies: The Ngogo Chimpanzee Fission and What It Says About Collective Violence
A community of nearly 200 chimpanzees in Uganda split into two rival groups and descended into years of lethal conflict — without ideology, ethnicity, or language.
Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups
New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps turning on itself
🌿🐒 Today is #JaneGoodall Day, marking the legacy of a researcher who changed how we define the relationship between #humans and the animal kingdom. Her work at #Gombe Stream #Research Center continues to provide scientific #data on #chimpanzee behavior and the importance of #habitat protection.
👉 Learn more: https://janegoodall.org/
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Remembering Jane Goodall: Legendary primatologist dies at age 91
Jane Goodall, a legendary primatologist whose studies of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of apes, died Wednesday at age 91.
Remembering Jane Goodall: Legendary primatologist dies at age 91
Jane Goodall, a legendary primatologist whose studies of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of apes, died Wednesday at age 91.
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