Tag: Kibale Chimpanzee Project

  • Nation & World

    Why do we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps

    Understanding why older chimps tend to favor small circles of meaningful, established friendships rather than seek new ones may help scientists gain a better picture of what healthy human aging should look like and what triggers this social change.

    5 minutes
    Group of chimps.
  • Nation & World

    Looking at chimp’s future, seeing man’s

    The fate of chimpanzees in Africa is largely in the hands of increasing numbers of poor, rural dwellers crowding the primates’ forest homes. That is why an educational project begun near Uganda’s Kibale National Forest focuses on 14 schools teaching almost 10,000 children, researchers say.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Looking at cooking

    Harvard biology professor Richard Wrangham talks about the importance of cooking in human origins.

    5 minutes