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1. News - World - SCIENCE

   Chimpanzees have sense of fairness, study shows

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Chimpanzees Science sense of fairness Agence France-Presse in Washington Chimpanzees, in a test of their willingness to share with other chimps, displayed a surprising sense of fairness, scientists say, debunking the idea that only humans boast the quality. The US researchers said they are the first to show chimpanzees have a sense of fairness and that it may have evolved ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1128922/chimpanzees-have-sense-fairness-study-shows
2. Lifestyle - Health - NEWS

   Evidence of mid-life crisis in great apes

   Posted Nov 20th 2012, 12:00am by JEANETTE WANG

   ... than modern life. An international team of researchers studied 508 great apes in zoos and sanctuaries in the US, Japan, Canada, Australia and Singapore, and found chimpanzees and orang-utans ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1086130/evidence-mid-life-crisis-great-apes
3. Channel hop

   Posted Apr 29th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Entertainment Apes Chimpanzee Cousins Hamish McKenzie The Vietnam conflict was the 'television war', so called because it marked the first time TV played a significant role ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/999493/channel-hop
4. Choosing positivity

   Posted Sep 06th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Environment Environment Primatologists Chimpanzee Cameron Dueck Last week I met Jane Goodall, one of the world's bravest and most eloquent environmental campaigners. Goodall reminded me how important it is to think positive, and why we can have hope that humans will solve their environmental problems. Goodall is an expert on chimpanzees, and she has spent decades studying ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/723975/choosing-positivity
5. Apes discover fresh vigour

   Posted Aug 21st 2011, 12:00am

   ... Chimpanzee Planet of the Apes John Lithgow YP cadet Keith Chan The latest addition to humans versus ape franchise is a visual effects masterpiece. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a fresh take ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/976765/apes-discover-fresh-vigour
6. Lifestyle - Technology - SHORT SCIENCE

   Short Science, January 27, 2013

   Posted Jan 27th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... Lifestyle Technology Chimpanzees Dung Beetles Dog Starch-rich diet Agencies Chimps no longer chumps for researchers The National Institutes of Health, America's foremost medical research agency, will no longer fund studies involving chimpanzees. It also plans to review all ongoing studies using chimpanzees. "While used very selectively and in limited numbers, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1136766/short-science-january-27-2013
7. News - World

   Briefs, January 24, 2013

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by VARIOUS

   ... by the PKK, while a Kurdish group in Paris said the alleged killer faked his Kurdish identity to infiltrate the group. AFP   Research chimpanzees 'should be retired' NEW ORLEANS - All ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1134702/briefs-january-24-2013
8. Lifestyle - Technology - RESEARCH

   Zebrafish helps push the frontiers of research

   Posted Apr 28th 2013, 12:00am by JOANNA CHIU

   ... flies, chickens, mice, chimpanzees, potatoes and cannabis. And now, the fish will be helping Hong Kong's Water Supplies Department to save HK$2 million a year on water monitoring. "We ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1224818/zebrafish-helps-push-frontiers-research
9. News - World - SCIENCE

   Chimps, gorillas, other apes struggling to survive

   Posted Mar 26th 2013, 06:12pm by Associated Press in Bangkok

   ... are estimated to have been traded illegally over a seven-year period ending in 2011. That’s about 3,000 a year; more than half are chimpanzees, the UN report said. “These great apes make up an important ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1200287/chimps-gorillas-other-apes-struggling-survive
10. News - Asia - EVOLUTION

    Researchers back claim that Flores 'hobbits' grew smaller as they evolved

    Posted Apr 18th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

    ... about 25kg and had a brain roughly the size of a chimpanzee's, our closest primate relative. The find raised huge questions about the human odyssey. Was H. floresiensis a separate species? ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1216970/researchers-back-claim-flores-hobbits-grew-smaller-they-evolved

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