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Panbanisha, a 25-year-old female, is one of seven bonobos at the facility, and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005. Bonobos are among the most human-like of the great apes ... Setka said Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist studying the behavior and intelligence of bonobos, scolded Panbanisha. (Yahoo News -- FYI)
Great Ape Scolded for Pulling Fire Alarm Oct 24, 2006
Setka said Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist at the trust focusing on studying the behavior and intelligence of bonobos, scolded Panbanisha ... Panbanisha is one of seven bonobos at the Great Ape Trust, and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005 ... Bonobos are among the most human-like of the great apes. (CBS News)
Great Ape pulls alarm at Great Ape Trust in Des Moines Oct 24, 2006
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, who is studying the behavior and intelligence of bonobos, said that on Thursday the 25-year-old Panbanisha had witnessed a false alarm and the ensuing chaos of flashing lights, noise and staff members scrambling to ensure all the animals were safe ... Panbanisha is one of seven bonobos at the Great Ape Trust and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005 ... Bonobos are one of the most human-like of the great apes and have sophisticated language skills. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Just like usIf we're so alike, why aren't chimps classed as human, too? Oct 10, 2006
The apes Sue Savage Rumbaugh works with - and lives with - are bonobos. They are a kind of chimpanzee that is less aggressive than that found in most zoos. (BBC News -- Science)
What Makes us Different?Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world Oct 7, 2006
Posted Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 You don't have to be a biologist or ananthropologist to see how closely the great apes--gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans--resemble us. Even a child can see that their bodies are pretty much the same as ours, apart from some exaggerated proportions and extra body hair. (Time.com)
Potential New Target For Skin Cancer Treatment Oct 6, 2006
African great apes like chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans have SPANX, but monkeys do not. "SPANX represents a rapidly evolving gene family located on the X chromosome involved in the development of the spermatid nucleus," Herr said. (Science Daily)
What Makes Us Different? Oct 1, 2006
Posted Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 You don't have to be a biologist or an anthropologist to see how closely the great apes gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans resemble us. Even a child can see that their bodies are pretty much the same as ours, apart from some exaggerated proportions and extra body hair. (Time.com)
Chimps share human learning trait Sep 27, 2006
Great apes, which include humans, chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, are so prone to copying each other's behavior than the name "ape" has become synonymous with miming. But Horner said this study was groundbreaking because it showed that a chain of six chimps went beyond simple mimicking and "faithfully and accurately transmitted behaviors" to each other exactly, down a line of individuals. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Cognitive Strategy Shared By Human Infants And Great-ape Kin Sep 11, 2006
In their new work, the researchers compared humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans in terms of their strategies for remembering where things are hidden. The researchers first showed that all non-human great apes and 1-year-old human infants exhibit identical preferences. (Science Daily)
How Did Our Ancestors' Minds Really Work? Sep 9, 2006
They compared the five species of great apes - orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees and humans - to establish which cognitive strategies they prefer in order to uncover hidden characteristics. The researchers worked on the assumption that if all five species share particular preferences, these are very probably a part of the evolutionary legacy of our most recent common ancestors, who died out some 15 million years ago. (Science Daily)
Killer whales settle disputes with an intimate swim Aug 26, 2006
Studies have shown that chimpanzees kiss and hug after a dispute, and primates such as bonobos resort to sexual activity to resolve conflicts. Until now, reconciliatory behaviour had not been shown in any marine mammal. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
A Brief History of Human Sex Aug 11, 2006
"Bonobos have sex most of the time ... a fairly quick, perfunctory, and relaxed activity that functions as a social cement," he writes. "But for cultural constraints, we would all behave more like bonobos. In physical terms, there is actually nothing that bonobos do that some humans do not sometimes do.". (Yahoo News -- Sex & Sexuality)
Gay Debate, Topic At National Black Episcopal Gathering Aug 2, 2006
Heres your monkey: Homosexuality in bonobos (scroll down and read social behavior section)http://en. wikipedia. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Bonobo suffered heart failure before hernia surgery, trust says Aug 2, 2006
P-Suke _ pronounced Peace-kay _ was father to four of the trust's seven bonobos, which are relatives of the chimpanzee. Born in 1979 in the rain forest of Zaire, P-Suke was taken to Luxembourg and was later found by scientists in a traveling circus in Japan. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Aping the alpha is no way to bag a banana Jul 8, 2006
Ms Cox, who will be in Sydney this week with the world-renowned chimp expert Jane Goodall to raise awareness of the threat of extinction faced by chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans from logging and the bushmeat trade, told the Herald it was yet more compelling evidence of why apes deserve special respect. Ms Cox, a former keeper at Taronga Zoo and now a director of the Jane Goodall Institute, said Australia should follow the lead of Spain, which is expected to grant apes the same rights... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Elephants, Large Mammals Recover From Poaching In Africa's Oldest National Park Jun 27, 2006
(December 24, 2004) -- Bonobos, or pygmy chimpanzees, arguably our closest relative, may have been hunted so extensively that the survival of the species is at risk, World Wildlife Fund. . (Science Daily)
Uganda Says Development Can Protect Great Apes Jun 27, 2006
The term Great Apes is generally used to refer to gorillas, orang-utans, chimpanzees and bonobos. Uganda is home to 18 primate species, including 5,000 chimpanzees and more than 300 mountain gorillas in the remote jungle peaks bordering Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. (Planet Ark, United States)
Great Expectations: Businessman, native son creating ape research facility near Des Moines Jun 25, 2006
There are also world-class scientists, three orangutans and eight bonobos ... "Ample enrichment opportunities" for the bonobos and orangutans include tangles of retired fire hose dangling in enclosures ... Rumbaugh returns to the concept later in the conversation with the visitors as they marvel over the bonobos' and orangutans' abilities: Sometimes the perspective on which side of the glass to remain is difficult to distinguish. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Let Great Apes be apes Jun 19, 2006
" All animal abuse is clearly wrong and should be prevented through rigorous enforcement of strict welfare laws. This is a special concern when chimpanzees and orangutans are mistreated, given the poignant empathy we feel toward these magnificent animals. But by seeking to grant apes rights, rather than generally promoting their improved care, proponents of the project risk causing great human harm. Take, as just one example, the purported right against torture. This seems reasonable until one... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
* Spain to regard apes as `legal persons' Jun 9, 2006 Study shows apes can plan ahead May 23, 2006 * The great ape debate May 21, 2006 Some apes, birds 'can think ahead' May 21, 2006 Nice Thinkin', Ya Big Ape May 20, 2006 Some apes, birds can think ahead, studies show May 19, 2006 Planning Ahead May 19, 2006 Apes Can Plan for Future, Experiments Suggest May 19, 2006 T Cell 'Brakes' Lost During Human Evolution May 4, 2006 'Hippie chimps' fast disappearing as dinner Mar 7, 2006 Peaceful Life Of 'Hippie Chimp' In Danger Mar 6, 2006 Smart apes show off their cultured side Feb 21, 2006
Later this month, a resolution is going before parliament which, if passed as expected, will give a set of rights to chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans. These great apes will then be regarded in Spanish law as "legal persons.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Questions raised over ban on research using great apes Jun 3, 2006
Research on great apes - chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang utans - was banned in the UK in 1998 but medical researchers said if a dangerous new infectious disease took hold, these animals might provide the only hope of developing and testing cures. In addition, scientists said the ban had led to British scientists falling behind their international counterparts in observational work to understand the evolution of human behaviour. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bonobos and orangutans are capable of future planning, according to a study published in the journal Science ... The German team suggests such skills may have evolved about 14 million years ago, when bonobos, orangutans and humans shared a common ancestor. (BBC News -- Science)
Chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas have long-term relationships, not only between mothers and children, but also between unrelated apes ... Chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest relatives, and we humans, not gorillas or orangutans, are their closest relatives. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In one experiment, Nicholas Mulcahy and Josep Call of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, tested bonobos, close relatives of chimpanzees, and orangutans at the local zoo ... Both orangutans and bonobos passed the tests several times, the researchers said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Both orangutans and bonobos were able to figure out which tool would work in an effort to retrieve grapes, and were able to remember to bring that tool along hours later, researchers report in Friday's issue of the journal ... The researchers said the finding suggests that planning ahead arose at least 14 million years ago, when the last common ancestor of bonobos, orangutans and humans lived. (Wired News)
In one experiment, Nicholas Mulcahy and Josep Call of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, tested bonobos, close relatives of chimpanzees, and orangutans at the local zoo. They set up several experiments that required the apes to remember a complex way to retrieve a treat and offered them the opportunity to use tools to do so. (Reuters.uk)
The researchers said they selected bonobos because they are closest relatives of humans among the and orangutans because they are the most distant. In a series of laboratory tests the apes were shown the tools and grapes, allowed to retrieve grapes, and then removed from the area where the treats were available. (Fox News)
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have found that orangutans and bonobos are capable of some careful planning of their own ... The first of Call's experiments involved five orangutans and five bonobos, long-limbed cousins of chimpanzees. (National Geographic)
In a study to be published on-line in advance of publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of May 1-5, UCSD researchers report that -- unlike T cells from chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas (the "great apes" which are human's closest evolutionary relatives) -- human T cells lack expression of certain "Siglec" molecules. Siglecs are immune-dampening proteins that bind to sialic acids, the complex sugars found on the outside of cells. (Science Daily)
As few as 5,000 bonobos remain in Congo ... Unfortunately, bonobos are prized by Congolese for their tasty meat, and many villagers who are illegally hunting the wiry, wizen-faced apes don't realize how close their prey is to extinction ... "Bonobos are an icon for peace and love, the world's 'hippie chimps,"' said Sally Coxe of the Washington-based Bonobo Conservation Initiative. (CNN -- Science)
" The animals are known for greeting rival groups with genital handshakes and sensual body rubs. Bonobo spats are swiftly settled - often with a French kiss and a quick round of sex. Despite all the sex, however, female bonobos give birth to a single infant only once every five years, making the species especially vulnerable. The bonobo, or pan paniscus, is native only to the vast rain forest in this huge central African nation, living high off the ground in treetop nests. As few as 5,000 may... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Learnt cultural traditions, such as the use of particular tools for collecting termites or cracking nuts, are well-documented among chimpanzees and bonobos, and have also been observed in orang-utans. Evidence for these practices, however, has long been elusive among gorillas. (Times Online)
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