Humans and apes 'share laughter'
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Laughter may have originated in an ancestor common to humans and modern apes, a study suggests.
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Orangutans, using water and their wits, have emulated a crow in Aesop&#39;s fable which illustrated the saying &quot;Necessity is the mother of invention,&quot; German researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Some people are laughing, yes laughing, at Wednesday's Rancho Palos Verdes mountain lion sighting. But not me. No sir.
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Humor in the Bible? Scholars say the Old and New Testament are riddled with humorous references and aim to set the record straight at a three-day congress beginning Monday, "Laughter and Comedy in Ancient Christianity."
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows a laugh signifies more than humor and ridicule, at least when used in therapy. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have found the first physiological
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106 chimpanzees, 32 orangutans and 105 babies face "The Primate Cognition Test Battery.".
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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For the first time, researchers observe a chimpanzee fashion a spear from a branch then use it to kill prey. Is this an anomaly, or are chimps really that smart? By the Associated Press.
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Social neuroscience offers clues into the neural mechanics behind sending messages that are taken as offensive, embarrassing or downright rude.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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Washoe captured the worldâs attention and set off a debate over nonhuman primatesâ ability to learn human language that continues to this day.
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In Spain scientists have discovered 13-million-year-old fossils of new species of ape. The species may have been the last common ancestor of humans and all great apes living today. Photo Gallery.
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Using modified voice-recognition software, researchers from several universities and Disney's Animal Kingdom are trying to learn how to "talk" like animals.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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By Linda P. Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 21--Smiling Bob must be laughing now.   You know Bob, though you might not have spied him as much lately.
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New research shows how a part of the brain helps us recognize fear in other people's facial expressions. The discovery may one day aid people with autism.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks.