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‘Laughter is contagious’: Orangutans, the least social of all great apes, value food rewards more when in a good mood, study findsOrangutans are found to share a unique trait with humans regarding food choices based on mood. A study from Indiana University reveals that...- Orangutans have the longest birth gap among mammals; a 2018 study explains how their 7.6-year wait for another baby, scarce forest fruit and solitary life may actually help them surviveOrangutans face rapid decline with fewer than 11,900 individuals remaining. Females reproduce slowly, averaging over seven years between bi...
- A 25-year-old Canadian primatologist entered Borneo’s remote wild swamps with her husband in 1971 to study orangutans; after 40 years of research, she found that they give birth just once every 7.7 years and documented 400 types of food in their dietIn 1971, Canadian primatologist Biruté Galdikas embarked on an extensive journey into orangutan research in Indonesian Borneo, setting up C...
- Could your laugh be a 15-million-year-old echo that helped shape human speech? Great ape laughter offers surprising cluesYour laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at...
- Dr orang is ready to see patientsRakus, the orangutan in Sumatra, surprised scientists by self-medicating a facial wound with Akar Kuning plant, questioning human uniquenes...
- How Orangutan, also known as 'person of the forest', used a plant to completely heal big wound below his eyesRakus, a male Sumatran orangutan, demonstrated remarkable behavior after sustaining a facial wound in a fight. Researchers observed him tre...
- Largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, study findsThe study does not determine on which continent the great ape family first arose. However, fossil records show that Africa, Europe, and Asi...
- The largest great ape became extinct due to climate change, claims new studyThe species Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in southern China, represents the largest great ape known to scientists - standing 10 ...
- Our 'evil,' 'guilty' animal cousins who ape usThere is a sense of delicious longing that accompanies a second visit to a destination that constitutes a past serendipity. And when it tra...
- Anand Mahindra shares adorable video of orangutan feeding tiger cubsThe 66-year-old industrialist has over nine million followers on Twitter. Few months back, Mahindra also shared a clip in which a man could...
- Nine great apes in San Diego become first non-human primates vaccinated for Covid-19Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo - four orangutans and five bonobos - made veterinary history in recent weeks as the world's first non-...
- Red-haired person of the forest running out of spaceGreat imitators: The apes in the care of humans tend to mimic the actions of their caregivers—using sign language, washing clothes and even...
- Long-extinct gibbon skeleton found in ancient Chinese tombLondon, June 22 (IANS) Researchers have identified a new genus and species of now extinct gibbon in the tomb of an ancient Chinese noble wo...
- New Orangutan species 'among most threatened great apes'London, Nov 3 (IANS) Scientists have identified an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra in Indonesia, which according to the...
- Last ancestor of humans small like gibbons: StudyLondon, Oct 13 (IANS) Researchers have found that the last common ancestor of apes and humans was likely small, probably weighing about 12 ...
- Apes may also understand what others are thinkingWashington, Oct 12 (IANS) It appears our closest relatives, apes, might also be able to understand what others are thinking, even when it d...
- Orangutan in Swedish zoo can predict taste of new drinkOnly humans were previously thought to have this ability of affective forecast, in which prior experiences are used to conjure up mental pi...
- Dogs can copy each other's expressionsHumans mimick each other's facial expressions, which helps people get along. Dogs do the same to bond with other dogs, researchers said.
- Back pain sufferers may have chimp-like vertebraePeople who suffer from back pain may have vertebrae more like those of chimpanzees than of healthy humans, a new study suggests.
- Virat Kohli's beard represents the new theory of EvolutionIndeed, it may be a measure of the rising stress levels of the game that there is hardly a team now whose members do not have beards.
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