Washington/IBNS: Naturalist Jane Goodall, who is renowned for her studies on chimpanzees and her campaign for environmental causes, was Thursday named the winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, which honours people whose work throughout their life embodies science and spirituality.
Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions, says study
London, Sept 6 (IBNS): Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be passed on from one generation to the next.
Yale-led study: Wild chimpanzees have surprisingly long life spans
London, Mar 21 (IBNS): A 20-year demographic study of a large chimpanzee community in Uganda’s Kibale National Park has revealed that, under the right ecological conditions, our close primate relatives can lead surprisingly long lives in the wild.