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A young chimpanzee makes eye contact. New research suggests that chimpanzees are capable of rational thought and changing their decisions when new evidence emerges. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Psychologists have discovered that chimpanzees are capable of rational thought, similar to humans.

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A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and partner institutions studied chimpanzees in the E-Ngamba Reserve in Uganda and found that they change their choices when given stronger evidence – a finding that places rationality at the center of
Using meticulous and detailed collection methods, a research team led by the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities was able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, within detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt

Rewriting human evolution: Great apes lived in open habitats 10 million years earlier than expected

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Using rigorous and detailed collection methods, the researchers were able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, in detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt
When man separated from his primate family, some DNA segments disappeared along the way. In the picture - a chimpanzee. Source: pixabay.

How losing important sections of DNA made us modern man

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Cooperation between two chimpanzees to obtain food. Photo: shutterstock

One for all / Frans de Waal

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The terrible chimpanzee beats humans in a memory game against a computer. Photo: Tokyo Institute of Technology

The chimpanzee is allowed from the human

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Kenzi the bonobo makes stone tools. Photo: Elizabeth Rubert-Pugh - Great Ape Trust of Iowa/Bonobo Hope Sanctuary

Bonobos were able to communicate complex messages and use tools

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Graphic illustration from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute research to decipher the gorilla genome

The lowland gorilla genome is deciphered

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An illustration of a disappointed and grumpy chimpanzee from Darwin's book - The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

Eaten to Perdition (Tour Notes)

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Bonobo monkey - full-grown cub. From Wikipedia

Peter Pan syndrome in great apes

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Neanderthal man - from Wikipedia, illustration from the 19th century Public domain image

who is who

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A 47-million-year-old fossil may be the common ancestor (or common mother) of today's humans and apes

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Ebola virus threatens the population of great apes in Africa

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new species of monkey?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Why do chimpanzees have large testicles?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Fear: the gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans are becoming extinct

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