Primates in the News

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• Primate cognition: Copy that  (Nature; February 8, 2012)
• Tarsiers Communicate in Secret Speech  (Science; February 7, 2012)
• Ape versus machine: Do primates enjoy computer games?  (BBC; February 8, 2012)
• First Sabahan primatologist  (Borneo Post; February 8, 2012)
• UW Study Offers Insight Into Earlier Puberty For Girls  (WISC-TV, Madison, WI; February 7, 2012)
• Like us, a chimp seemingly can get inside another's head  (MSNBC; February 6, 2012)
• Heavier fines in store for protected monkey feeders  (China Post; February 7, 2012)
• Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes  (EurekAlert; February 6, 2012)
• Devoted Denver zookeeper enlists team of doctors to save orangutan's life  (Denver Post; February 6, 2012)
• Clint Eastwood helps reveal secrets of brain evolution  (NewScientist; February 5, 2012)
• The Stem Cell Debates  (The New Atlantis; 2012)
• Reflections on the Conservation Value of Research in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia  (Orangutan Conservancy; January 24, 2012)
• Baboons wreak havoc at Zimbabwe border post  (AFP; January 31, 2012)
• Borneo's orang-utan sanctuary  (News.com.au; January 30, 2012)
• Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain's Speech Processing Center  (Georgetown University Medical Center, Office of Communications; January 30, 2012)
• Extended synaptic development may explain our cognitive edge over other primates  (Science Codex; February 1, 2012)
• The Sound of Sterility  (IEEE Spectrum; January 30, 2012)
• Genetic mutations that boost individual's adaptability have greater chances of getting through to X chromosomes  (Physorg; January 30, 2012)
• Gorillas grin 'to reassure friends'  (BBC; January 31, 2012)
• Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla  (EurekAlert; January 31, 2012)
• Preening the History of Primates  (Wired; January 30, 2012)
• A Famous Gorilla Plays The Recorder, And We All May Learn Something  (NPR; February 2, 2012)
• A question of freedom for chimpanzees who spend lives in research labs  (MSNBC; January 27, 2012)
• Monkey owners flee La. crackdown  (Associated Press; January 30, 2012)
• NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low  (BioTechniques; January 27, 2012)
• Supermom Primates Raise Twins  (DiscoveryNews; January 24, 2012)
• Did bonobos actually tame themselves? Scientists find that the African apes evolved to become gentler creatures  (Daily Mail; January 26, 2012)
• Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of  (BBC; January 25, 2012)
• Borneo tough for red-haired vegans  (ScienceNews; January 14, 2012)
• 'Mama's Boy' Monkeys Score With the Ladies  (Scientific American; January 22, 2012)
• "Extinct" Monkeys With Sideburns Found in Borneo  (National Geographic Daily News; January 20, 2012)
• Freak washing machine accident boils lab monkey alive  (New Jersey Star-Ledger; January 18, 2012)
• UK lawmaker proposes ban on monkey pets, telling Parliament she's speaking for the speechless  (Washington Post; January 18, 2012)
• Wildlife rescue center welcomes human visitors  (Tico Times; January 20, 2012)
• If I'd had any inkling, I'd have been scared to do it  (NewScientist; January 19, 2012)
• Exploring life: Jane Goodall's curiosity was obvious at age 4  (Delaware Online; January 18, 2012)
• Supreme Court rules no monkey farm in Puerto Rico  (Caribbean News Now; January 18, 2012)
• Is This the Beginning of the End for Medical Research on Chimps?  (The Atlantic; January 18, 2012)
• Lab Torture or Pets, Dumb Humans Keep Texas Primate Haven Busy  (Bloomberg Businessweek; January 17, 2012)
• Vegetarian orang-utans eat world's cutest animal  (NewScientist; January 17, 2012)

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• Baboons wreak havoc at Zimbabwe border post  (AFP; January 31, 2012)
• A Famous Gorilla Plays The Recorder, And We All May Learn Something  (NPR; February 2, 2012)
• Borneo's orang-utan sanctuary  (News.com.au; January 30, 2012)
• Reflections on the Conservation Value of Research in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia  (Orangutan Conservancy; January 24, 2012)
• Gorillas grin 'to reassure friends'  (BBC; January 31, 2012)
• Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain's Speech Processing Center  (Georgetown University Medical Center, Office of Communications; January 30, 2012)
• Like us, a chimp seemingly can get inside another's head  (MSNBC; February 6, 2012)
• Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla  (EurekAlert; January 31, 2012)
• Extended synaptic development may explain our cognitive edge over other primates  (Science Codex; February 1, 2012)
• Clint Eastwood helps reveal secrets of brain evolution  (NewScientist; February 5, 2012)
• The Sound of Sterility  (IEEE Spectrum; January 30, 2012)
• Preening the History of Primates  (Wired; January 30, 2012)
• Genetic mutations that boost individual's adaptability have greater chances of getting through to X chromosomes  (Physorg; January 30, 2012)
• A question of freedom for chimpanzees who spend lives in research labs  (MSNBC; January 27, 2012)
• The Stem Cell Debates  (The New Atlantis; 2012)
• Monkey owners flee La. crackdown  (Associated Press; January 30, 2012)
• Devoted Denver zookeeper enlists team of doctors to save orangutan's life  (Denver Post; February 6, 2012)
• Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes  (EurekAlert; February 6, 2012)
• Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of  (BBC; January 25, 2012)
• Supermom Primates Raise Twins  (DiscoveryNews; January 24, 2012)
• NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low  (BioTechniques; January 27, 2012)
• Tarsiers Communicate in Secret Speech  (Science; February 7, 2012)
• Did bonobos actually tame themselves? Scientists find that the African apes evolved to become gentler creatures  (Daily Mail; January 26, 2012)
• Heavier fines in store for protected monkey feeders  (China Post; February 7, 2012)
• Ape versus machine: Do primates enjoy computer games?  (BBC; February 8, 2012)
• First Sabahan primatologist  (Borneo Post; February 8, 2012)
• UW Study Offers Insight Into Earlier Puberty For Girls  (WISC-TV, Madison, WI; February 7, 2012)
• "Extinct" Monkeys With Sideburns Found in Borneo  (National Geographic Daily News; January 20, 2012)
• Freak washing machine accident boils lab monkey alive  (New Jersey Star-Ledger; January 18, 2012)
• 'Mama's Boy' Monkeys Score With the Ladies  (Scientific American; January 22, 2012)
• Borneo tough for red-haired vegans  (ScienceNews; January 14, 2012)
• UK lawmaker proposes ban on monkey pets, telling Parliament she's speaking for the speechless  (Washington Post; January 18, 2012)
• Exploring life: Jane Goodall's curiosity was obvious at age 4  (Delaware Online; January 18, 2012)
• Vegetarian orang-utans eat world's cutest animal  (NewScientist; January 17, 2012)
• Supreme Court rules no monkey farm in Puerto Rico  (Caribbean News Now; January 18, 2012)
• Wildlife rescue center welcomes human visitors  (Tico Times; January 20, 2012)
• If I'd had any inkling, I'd have been scared to do it  (NewScientist; January 19, 2012)
• Is This the Beginning of the End for Medical Research on Chimps?  (The Atlantic; January 18, 2012)
• Most Recent European Great Ape Discovered  (ScienceDaily; January 13, 2012)
• CDC expands 'bush meat' tests for viruses  (Washington Post; January 14, 2012)