Contagious Yawning in Chimpanzees
Animation of chimpanzee yawning from Emory University. Illustration from BBC News. I’m sure we are all familiar with this scenario: …
Tag Archives: ape evolution
The Fongoli Chimps of Senegal
A Fongoli chimp. Photo by Frans Lanting, National Geographic. I just stumbled upon this on Twitter (Thanks to DarwinMonkey). It’s …
Humans Evolved From Tree Climbers
A research from Duke University by Daniel Schmitt, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and Tracy Kivell, a post-doctoral research associate, …
Nakalipithecus nakayamai, a Miocene Ape from Kenya
The collective understanding of Miocene African primate evolution, especially ape evolution, is generally unfounded. Why? Because the fossil record is …
A New African Miocene Ape: Nakalipithecus nakayamai
In August, 2007 Gen Suwa and crew reported on a new Ethiopian Miocene Ape, Chororapithecus abyssinicus. And today, Kenyan and …
