The practice of substituting humans with primates reaches back into art history.
NEW YORK -- For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the ...
The unexpected rhythm of macaque monkey skills raise fresh questions about where our own sense of beat comes from.
Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence. Researchers inserted human versions of MCPH1, ...
With a bit of training, monkeys can learn to tap along to the beat of music. The findings, published November 27 in the ...
Every year on December 14th, World Monkey Day serves as a reason to celebrate these amazing animals. This year, we’re ...
Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...
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