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• Japanese Monkeys' Abnormal Blood Linked To Fukushima Radioactive Disaster
  Wild monkeys in the Fukushima region of Japan have blood abnormalities linked to the radioactive fall-out from the 2011 nuclear power plant disaster, according to a new scientific study that may help increase the understanding of radiation on human health.The Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) were found to have low white and red blood cell levels and low ha […]
• Researchers Create Glossary Of Gestures Used By Wild Chimpanzees
  For the first time, scientists from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have decoded the meaning behind the various gestures that chimpanzees use to communicate with one another, observing more than 80 wild Ugandan primates in order to compile a glossary of their hand and body movements.Writing in the July 2 edition of the journal Current Biology, St. […]
• Monkeys Believe In Winning Streaks, Study Shows
  Humans have a well-documented tendency to see winning and losing streaks in situations that, in fact, are random. But scientists disagree about whether the "hot-hand bias" is a cultural artifact picked up in childhood or a predisposition deeply ingrained in the structure of our cognitive architecture.Now in the first study in non-human primates of […]