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'Star Wars gibbon' is new primate species

A gibbon living in the tropical forests of south west China is a new species of primate, scientists have concluded.
The animal has been studied for some time, but new research confirms it is different from all other gibbons.
It has been named the Skywalker hoolock gibbon - partly because the Chinese characters of its scientific name mean "Heaven's movement" but also because the scientists are fans of Star Wars.

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Bonobo squeaks hint at earlier speech evolution

Wild bonobos use a single high-pitched call in a variety of contexts, showing a flexibility in their communication that was thought to be uniquely human. That is the conclusion of a study by UK and Swiss psychologists.
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Hibernation Isn't Just for Bears

Two new species of dwarf lemurs have been found hibernating during the lean months of winter in Eastern Madagascar. An interview with researcher Marina Blanco, PhD, with footage from field research and still images from the Duke Lemur Center.
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Chimpanzees use botanical skills to discover fruit

Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have now investigated which strategies chimpanzees in the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, use in order to find fruit in the rain forest. The result: Chimpanzees know that trees of certain species produce fruit simultaneously and use this botanical knowledge during their daily search for fruit.
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Fossils of Earliest Old World Monkeys Unearthed

The fossils, 3 million years older than previous remains found to date, reveal that early colobine monkeys apparently coexisted with other, more archaic primates. Competition with colobines could have helped drive the other groups to extinction
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First human ancestor looked like a squirrel

Newly discovered fossilised bones for the world's oldest and most primitive known primate, Purgatorius, reveal a tiny, agile animal that spent much of its time eating fruit and climbing trees, according to a study.
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New monkey identified in Africa

A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists.
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 Baboons recognise words on a screen

Baboons can recognise four-letter words on a computer screen, according to scientists in France.
Researchers found the monkeys could tell the difference between actual words and nonsense letter combinations.
After being trained, the baboons were able to make this distinction, despite not being capable of reading.

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The illegal pet trade's demand for cute-looking primates is devastating Indonesia's population of slow lorises. But they are not the only endangered primates you may never have heard of that are already under threat of extinction.
Some are so rare and live in such isolated areas, small changes to their habitat or populations can have a big impact

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Millie the mandrill develops own sign language

Researchers believe a monkey at Colchester Zoo has developed a sign language unique to her family.
Now six young males in the group have also adopted Millie's behaviour.

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