Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone.: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Press
CBS News: Gorilla evolution shaped by climate change, humans
Nano patents and innovations blog: Climate Change And Evolution Of Cross River Gorillas
NY Times: Hanging Out, Grooming, Fighting Foes: Friendship Among Macaques
Science: Are Some Chimp 'Cultural' Behaviors Actually in the Genes?
New Scientist - The genetical evolution of chimp culture
Discover Magazine - The genetic side to chimpanzee culture
Welt Online - Schimpansen gucken doch nicht ab (in German)
New Times.co.rw: Rwanda: Census of Mountain Gorillas Begins Next Month
New Scientist: Mountain gorillas in dire straits, DNA reveals
BBC News article: Gorilla study gives social clues
EVIDENCE: How we know what we know
In the section 'Observing Behavior' Linda Vigilant, Christophe Boesch & Svante Pääbo (amongst others) discuss the links between our and the great apes' evolutionary pasts. As Linda talks about male relationhsips in chimpanzees, students from the Vigilant lab demonstrate how DNA is collected and extracted from feces.
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