Winston, an older silverback, is getting enviable medical treatment. Now his keepers must confront an issue that vexes doctors and older humans, too: How much intervention is too much?
Tag: Monkeys and Apes
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Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century
Long-term memories may have been vital to our own evolution, suggests a new study of chimpanzees and bonobos.
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Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too
A new study challenges a prominent evolutionary theory about why women live long after their childbearing years.
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India’s Preparations for G20 Summit Must Also Account for Monkeys
For New Delhi, monkeys are a minor problem compared with poverty and pollution, but the government doesn’t want them stealing the spotlight when world leaders arrive.
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Apes and Monkeys That Went Up Trees Had to Evolve the Ability to Climb Down
In a study of chimpanzee and monkey anatomy, primate arms provide hints about how our ancestors got to the ground in one piece.