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Fossil common ancestor of monkeys, humans?

May. 19, 2009
Scientists hailed on Tuesday a 47-million-year-old fossil of an ancient primate as a possible common ancestor of monkeys, primates and humans. Scientists say the fossil, dubbed "Ida," is a transitional species, living around the time the primate lineage split into two groups: A line...
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Fossil find may be monkey, human ancestor

Fossil find may be monkey, human ancestor

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 18 (UPI) -- A University of Michigan professor says the discovery of a 47 million-year-old fossil may be from a primate species related to humans, apes and monkeys.

Escaped monkeys recaptured

HILLSBORO, Ore., April 7 (UPI) -- The Oregon National Primate Research Center said nine Japanese macaque monkeys that escaped during routine cleaning have been returned to their enclosure.

Most complete primate gene study reported

DENVER, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have completed what's believed the most comprehensive assessment of gene copy number variations across human and non-human primate species.

Study: Humans hurting primates

BUFFALO, N.Y., July 13 (UPI) -- Primate tourism in Asia, Africa and Central America may be putting primate infants and their habitat at risk, researchers said.

AIDS resistance secret may be in blood

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say the absence of a specific marker in the blood and tissues of certain monkeys might be part of the key to understanding AIDS resistance.

Activists to move in next to primate lab

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A ruling by a Wisconsin judge clears the way for animal-rights activists to purchase property next door to the UW-Madison's primate labs.

Social imitation found in rhesus monkeys

PARMA, Italy, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Italian scientists have provided the first quantitative description of neonatal imitation in a non-human primate.

World's primates at risk of extinction

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, April 7 (UPI) -- An international coalition of advocacy groups warns many species of Africa's and Asia's primates, humans' closest relatives, could disappear.

Study: lemurs' intelligence is under-rated

DURHAM, N.C., May 12 (UPI) -- A North Carolina psychologist has found lemurs are far more intelligent that previously thought.

Rwandan primates flourish in new park

NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda, March 10 (UPI) -- One of the world's centers of primate diversity is now a national park, created in Rwanda, one of Africa's smallest and most densely populated nations.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler