AvatarChris Helinflipped into Weird NewsWe know how this ends....Chromosomes Uh-Oh, Scientists Used Human Genes to Make Monkey Brains Bigger verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Tim Childers
Joshua Josephflipped into The Last AcolyteCell Biology It's not Planet of the Apes just yet, but monkey fetuses grew bigger brains when spliced with human genes verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Adam Pockross Apparently some scientists who didn’t watch Planet of the Apes recently spliced human genes into marmoset monkey fetuses, which caused their brains to …
fifereflipped into All AnimalPrimates Weirdly, Monkeys Keep Domesticating Themselves. Huh. verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertA wild new experiment seems to prove a really old evolutionary theory. Are monkeys domesticating themselves over time? Scientists say that while “domestication syndrome” has been theorized since the days...
Daily Mailflipped into Top StoriesSwimming Heartwarming moment fishermen save exhausted monkey from drowning dailymail.co.uk - By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline This is the adorable moment a group of kind fishermen spotted an exhausted monkey swimming in a river and rescued it by giving it a ride on their oar. …
Forbesflipped into InnovationMonogamy Monogamy In New World Monkeys ... And In Humans Forbes - Rebecca CoffeyA species of New World monkeys seems to have found a tidy solution to the infidelity “problem” that many mammals face. The archeological detritus of ancient human settlements, along with the anthropological...
The Animal Rescue Siteflipped into The Animal Rescue SiteLatin America Fishermen Save Exhausted Howler Monkey From Drowning In River greatergood.com - The Animal Rescue Site A group of fishermen were traveling in their boat down the river in Tres Vendas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, when they spotted something struggling in …
Jack Wuflipped into ScienceCRISPR CRISPR base editing slashes cholesterol levels in monkeys - STAT statnews.com - Sharon Begley A form of CRISPR widely expected to be safer and possibly more effective that the original has aced its first substantive test. When CRISPR “base …
TPFflipped into 📰 NEWS — Light(er) & (more) Uplifting — BUT:👇Read The Fine Print!!👇Biological Species New monkey species found hiding in plain sight verified_publisherNational Geographic - Rachel NuwerThree Southeast Asian leaf monkeys are distinct species, new research shows, which makes two of them some of the rarest, most endangered primates. For more than a century, scientists considered banded...
AvatarTika5flipped into Odd ThingsGenes Scientists successfully implanted human genes into monkeys to increase their brain mass | Boing Boing boingboing.net - Thom Dunn From Popular Mechanics: Those findings include a good indication that the ARHGAP11B gene played a key role in the development of the human neocortex, …
James Koppertflipped into Autism and NeurodiversityMacaque Scientists studying 'autistic' monkeys make groundbreaking discovery dailystar.co.uk - Tom Bull Monkeys were first genetically modified to carry the autism gene in 2016 by scientists hoping to learn more about the disorder. Now researchers think …
SAMMYflipped into RAINFOREST DIVERSITY OF LIFESTDs CRISPR Used To Edit HIV Cure Into Monkey Embryos freethink.com - Kristin Houser A mutation of the CCR5 gene can cure HIV — and thanks to CRISPR, scientists may soon be able to study it in animal models.
SHANETHEFORTEANflipped into These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsBiological Species New Monkey Species Discovered, But There Are Less Than 300 Left On Earth greatergood.com - Matthew Russell A new primate species has been discovered in southeast Asia. With at most 260 of the monkeys left on Earth, however, the Popa langur is dangerously …
Falconflipped into Personal Care, Health & GrowthPrimates Monkeys May Have Self-Domesticated Just Like Humans Did, Study Suggests verified_publisherScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill Monkeys, much like humans, could be engaged in the process of self-domesticating themselves, altering the course of their own evolution and …
Live Scienceflipped into LiveScienceMammals Adorable monkeys caught commiting grisly act of cannibalism Live Science - Nicoletta Lanese Screams sounded from the treetops just before a baby capuchin monkey tumbled to its death. Soon after, a few of the infant's relatives gathered to …
Leanne Golinoflipped into All The Things That Me Go, "Oh!”Macaque Safari park bosses apologise after monkey was mauled to death by lion dailyrecord.co.uk - Chris Marzella Visitors to Blair Drummond Safari Park were left horrified when a monkey was mauled to death by lions. The Barbary macaque escaped in to the lion …
Daily Mailflipped into Top StoriesLatin America Monkeys observed eating infant in their group in rare cannibalism dailymail.co.uk - Dan Avery Capuchin monkeys have been observed eating the remains of an infant monkey for the first time, a rare instance of cannibalism among New World …
Think Moreflipped into Pets, Animals & WildlifeBiological Species The world's newest monkey species was found in a lab, not on an expedition Live Science - Tracie McKinney The discovery of the Popa langur, a medium-sized leaf-eating monkey found in central Myanmar, was recently announced by scientists. It is estimated …
Auroraflipped into Awesome AnimalsPrimates Building blocks of language evolved before humans split from chimps and monkeys Live Science - Mindy Weisberger The ability to piece together relationships between word groups appeared at least 40 million years ago. The building blocks of human language were …
Salonflipped into Health & ScienceApes What I learned about human politics from studying colobus monkeys verified_publisherSalon - Dawn StarinFor years I spent my days, from before dawn until after dusk, following a troop of mostly arboreal, endangered western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) around a small West African For...
Pops Radishflipped into All things Animal's the good the bad and the ugly.Forests Endangered Brazilian monkeys get their own bridge The Mercury News - Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — The overpass juts from a forest over a four-lane highway in a rural area outside Rio de Janeiro. It’s meant for a very special sort …
☆BabyGirl☆flipped into Furfriends & CompanyLatin America Saving the Amazon's orphan monkeys phys.org - by Hector Velasco Far from the rifle cracks that occasionally rip through the rainforest as local tribesmen hunt mature primates for their meat and soft pelts, a …
Chandra R.flipped into For BryanMammals You Can Take A Glass Bottom Boat Tour Of This Wild Monkey Paradise In Florida narcity.com - Tate Jacaruso There's a gorgeous river in Florida that flows through a habitat bursting with wildlife, and you can explore it this summer. Silver Springs State …
Falconflipped into Animal CutiesHabitats Safari park apologises to families who saw lions chase down and kill monkey accidentally let into enclosure sky.com - Russell Hope, news reporter A Scottish safari park has apologised to two families who saw the moment lions chased down and killed a monkey which had accidentally been allowed …
CNNflipped into Top StoriesThe Brain Brain implants in monkeys offer hope for restoring vision in blind people verified_publisherCNN(CNN) — Scientists are a step closer to restoring the sight of blind people using brain implants, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience said, after a series of successful experiments...
