WXYZ - Actor Scott Caan has apologized for using a homophobic slur towards a photographer. The Ocean’s Eleven star, son of screen legend James Caan, called a paparazzi who got too close for his liking a “****ot”. He tells website TMZ.com, “I am sorry for
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Great Ape Trust Awards $127K for Conservation Efforts
Environmental News Network - In the past four years, The Trust has awarded nearly $300,000 for conservation initiatives that support orangutans in Asia; bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas in Africa; and golden lion tamarins in South America. “All of the apes are endangered
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Playing for laughs and getting ‘em
Newark Star-Ledger - Words, Words, Words” examines the famous theorem that if three chimpanzees sat in front of typewriters, sooner or later (much later, actually), they’ll write the entire script of “Hamlet.” Kreutz is joined by Raymond McAnally and Ariel Shafir. The
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University Daily Kansan - Chimpanzees are intelligent, fascinating and pretty darn cute. I mean, who wouldn t want to learn more about them? If anything there should probably be more chimpanzee research. I would love to read about the little fellas. Especially if the
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Fossil Sparks
Science News - Some scientists have speculated that the line of ancestral apes from which chimpanzees, gorillas, and people emerged came from Asia and Europe and later spread into Africa. Chororapithecus suggests instead that this evolutionary process began in
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Evolution Study Tightens Human-Chimp Connection
PhysOrg - Georgia Tech scientists found that the rate of molecular evolution of chimpanzees is closer to that of humans than it is to other apes. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found genetic evidence that seems to support a
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Covers.com - Moderate winning week last week. Frustration continued early with losing a ton of close games but maybe the tide is finally turning a bit as 2 teams that did their best to choke, Iowa and ULM, managed to come through in OT despite having no business
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