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Early origins for uncanny valley06 Nov 09 | Technology
We can demonstrate that evolutionary hypotheses are tenable and that the uncanny valley has something to with social experience and neural processes across many primate species." The Princeton team plans to keep on using artificial macaques to investigate monkey vocal communication.
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Primate fossil 'not an ancestor'21 Oct 09 | Science & EnvironmentThe exceptionally well-preserved fossil primate known as "Ida" is not a missing link as some have claimed, according to an analysis in the journal Nature. The...
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Monkey mothers 'coo' over babies08 Oct 09 | Science & Environmentprimate centre in Maryland, US. Professor Pier Ferrari, from the department of functional and evolutionary biology at the University of Parma, Italy, and the laboratory of comparative ethology at NIH, said: "We...
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Fry finds 'darling' mouse lemur18 Sep 09Lemurs are among the most endangered of all primates, and live only on Madagascar, which has evolved in isolation for over 160 million years. Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have been tracking down some of the most endangered animals on the planet in a six-part series.
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'Gene cure' for colour blindness16 Sep 09 | HealthThese research seems to be the first in primates to address the colour vision deficiencies and indicate that intact cells are modifiable in their colour perception. "Further...
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Monkey business for wedding party07 Aug 09 | DorsetMonkey World is an ape rescue centre and so the primates who have been re-homed here have suffered abuse, neglect or cruelty in the past. "Once...
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'Stunning' fossil goes on display26 May 09between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives. But some independent experts are sceptical of the claim.
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Scientist on primate fossil find19 May 09between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives. But some independent experts, awaiting an opportunity to see the new fossil, are sceptical of the claim.
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Primate fossil in virtual reality19 May 09between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives. But some independent experts, awaiting an opportunity to see the new fossil, are sceptical of the claim.
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A look inside the fossil-find pit19 May 09between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives. But some independent experts, awaiting an opportunity to see the new fossil, are sceptical of the claim.
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