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Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primate study reveals
LiveScience· 6 days agoThe finding surprised scientists, given that humans and chimpanzees diverged just 7 million years...
Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants
BBC News· 3 days agoWild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. When an injured animal...
Wild Chimpanzees May Practice Natural Medicine | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 2 days agoThey aren’t exactly ready to open a jungle clinic, but new research suggests wild chimpanzees are...
Sick chimpanzees seek out range of plants with medicinal properties
New Scientist· 3 days agoSeveral plants eaten by chimpanzees when they are ill or wounded have been found to have medicinal...
Chimpanzee, Heal Thyself
newser· 2 days agoIt was only the second time ever that a chimp in the group was observed eating a fern, per Science. The plant, Christella parasitica, turned out to have...
Unlocking heart health: Advancing noninvasive monitoring in chimpanzees
Science Daily· 4 days agoJust like in humans, heart rate is a critically important and informative vital sign in nonhuman primates. Heart diseases are among the main causes of death of nonhuman primates in captivity ...
Chimps helping scientists find plants that have potential to become medicines
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA majority of the plant samples (88%) analysed in the lab had antibiotic properties and 33% showed...
Wild Chimpanzees May Practice Natural Medicine
US News & World Report· 2 days agoThey aren't exactly ready to open a jungle clinic, but new research suggests wild chimpanzees are practicing a kind of medicine. Fifty-one chimps living in two communities ...
The Human Y Chromosome Is Evolving Way Faster Than The X Chromosome
IFLScience· 8 hours agoFor the first time, researchers have fully sequenced the sex chromosomes of non-human primates,...
Great Ape Research Reveals Y Chromosome Is Evolving Faster Than the X
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoNew end-to-end X and Y chromosome sequences uncover enormous variation on the Y chromosome,...