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Monkeys and apes

We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Life

We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Modern gorillas can walk in a variety of styles, not just the famous “knuckle-walking”, suggesting our common ancestor was similarly resourceful

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People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

Earth

People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

Features

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

Life

What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

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Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, first cloned monkeys

Life

Scientists have cloned monkeys and it could help treat cancer

News

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Life

Watch a monkey floss its teeth with a bird feather

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The mother chimp in the story holds an infant she subequently had

Life

Male chimpanzee seen snatching seconds-old chimp and eating it

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monkeys on beach

Life

Tool-wielding monkeys push local shellfish to edge of extinction

Long-tailed macaques on an island in Thailand are doing such a good job of cracking shellfish with stone tools, they are driving down their prey's numbers and body size

News

Humans

Ankle fossil suggests our ancient ancestors leapt like acrobats

News

Life

It took these monkeys just 13 years to learn how to crack nuts

News

Humans

It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice

News

Life

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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