Humans and monkeys may not speak the same lingo, but our ways of thinking are a lot more similar than previously thought, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
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Researchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains — and it wakes them up
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•One of the central questions in neuroscience is clarifying where in the brain consciousness, which is the ability to experience internal and external sensations, arises. Researchers report that a specific …read more Source:: Science
These trippy images were designed by AI to super-stimulate monkey neurons
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•To find out which sights specific neurons in monkeys ‘like’ best, researchers designed an algorithm, called XDREAM, that generated images that made neurons fire more than any natural images the …read more Source:: Science
Male contraceptive compound stops sperm without affecting hormones: Study in monkeys
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•A new study details how a compound called EP055 binds to sperm proteins to significantly slow the overall mobility of the sperm without affecting hormones, making EP055 a potential ‘male …read more Source:: Science
Why your ancestors would have aced the long jump
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•A 52-million-year-old ankle fossil suggests our prehuman ancestors were high-flying acrobats. For years, scientists thought the ancestors of today’s humans, monkeys, lemurs and apes were relatively slow and deliberate animals, …read more Source:: Science
Monkey see, monkey do, depending on age, experience and efficiency
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•Wild capuchin monkeys readily learn skills from each other — but that social learning is driven home by the payoff of learning a useful new skill. …read more Source:: Science
Monkeys are seen making stone flakes so humans are ‘not unique’ after all
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•Researchers have observed wild-bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally creating flakes that share many of the characteristics of those produced by early Stone Age hominins. The difference …read more Source:: Science
New antibody therapy permanently blocks HIV-like SIV infection in monkeys
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•An effective treatment strategy against the HIV-like Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus macaques has been developed by an international research team. …read more Source:: Science