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Study suggests having good friendships might be linked to healthier gut mi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite the fact that social relationships are crucial for the health and well-being of social animals like humans and other primates, there is mounting evidence that the gut microbiome, via the so-called "gut-brain axis," is equally important for both our physical and mental wellbeing. Also
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A good friendship a day keeps gut-diseases away: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A recent study conducted on primates shows the secret connection between a good gut and a good social life
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Study shows differences between brains of primates are small but significa
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
While the physical differences between humans and non-human primates are quite distinct, a new study reveals their brains may be remarkably similar. And yet, the smallest changes may make big differences in developmental and psychiatric disorders.
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Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colorado [US], September 30 (ANI): According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "po
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Study reveals clues on what makes human brain different from all other ani
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): In an analysis of cell types in the prefrontal cortex of four primate species, researchers identified species-specific particularly human-specific features, they report.
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Research at Yale University reveals how human brain is different
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], August 26 (ANI): What distinguishes the human brain from all other animal brains, even those of our closest primate relatives? Researchers from Yale University discovered species-specific characteristics in the prefrontal cortex of four different primate species.
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Study: Chimpanzees blend their sounds to create variety of vocal patterns
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Leipzig (Germany), May 31 (ANI): A new study has discovered that ordered vocal sequences in wild chimp communication can shed light on the evolution of human language.
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Research suggests rhesus monkeys can perceive their heartbeat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): According to a new research from the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, and Royal Holloway, University of London, rhesus macaques are able to perceive their own heartbeats.
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Tripura: Deforestation, rubber plantations rise leads to primate habitat c
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 13 (ANI): Massive deforestation and increase in rubber plantations in Tripura have emerged as the major causes of change in the habitat of non-human primates as well as cases of monkey-human conflict in certain parts of Tripura, according to a study.
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Ebola virus hides in brain even after years of treatment? Study reveals sh
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Maryland [US], February 10 (ANI): Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with the Ebola virus. In a ground-breaking s
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Prehistoric primates had a sweet tooth: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [UK], September 18 (ANI): Dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which date to the early Eocene, around 54 million years ago, display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals, according to a recent study.
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Researchers find prehistoric primates had sweet tooth
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists found dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which dates back to the early eocene (around 54 million years ago), display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals.
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