The Science 4 Apes page lists description and links to scientific articles that are relevant to the conservation and welfare of apes.
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"The Great Lesser Ape"
Hosted by The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, North Carolina (United States). The conference will focus on captive gibbon husbandry and management practices, but will also encompass topics within gibbon conservation and biology.
Paper/Presentation/Poster abstract submission deadline is January 1st, 2012.
Workshop sessions may be held in place of presentations for some topics.
04/06/2012
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- Apes are 'nicer' cousins of chimps - and very similar
- Bonobo apes evolved to be gentler and more playful
- Peaceful environment led bonobo females to favour sociable mates
- 'Self-domestication' could be common, say anthropologists
26/01/2012
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A new hypothesis holds that the natural selection produced the chimpanzee's nicer cousin in much the same way that humans bred dogs from wolves.
25/01/2012
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Mate competition by males over females is common in many animal species. During mating season male testosterone levels rise, resulting in an increase in aggressive behavior and masculine features. Male bonobos, however, invest much more into friendly relationships with females. Elevated testosterone and aggression levels would collide with this increased tendency towards forming pair-relationships.
23/01/2012
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www.aza.org | December 2011
Apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, and gibbons, are intelligent, sensitive, long-lived and highly social animals. As humans' closest living relatives, they are fascinating, and ape infants are magnetically appealing. These attributes have made apes popular as performers in commercial entertainment and advertising programs. But this popularity and attractiveness masks the often cruel and dangerous practices commonly required to make apes compliant in such appearances. This White Paper presents a brief summary of the justification for:
11/01/2012
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Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United States as food every year, frequently hidden inside cases of similarly stinky but legal fish. Scientists now warn that the increasing practice may also be bringing deadly disease into the country.
11/01/2012
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