Citations with the tag: APES

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• Africa's Great Apes.
   // Weekly Reader News - Edition 3; 9/7/2007, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p4 

  A quiz about the great apes that live in Africa is presented.

• FABLED APES FOUND.
   // Current Science; 11/2/2007, Vol. 93 Issue 5, p13 

  The article reports that Dutch scientists have reported the existence of legendary simians Bili apes in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Breaking the species barrier.
   // E: The Environmental Magazine; Jan/Feb97, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p16 

  Focuses on the Great Ape Project. Concept of extending the community of equals on the great apes; Genetic similarity of apes to humans; Attitudes of humans toward apes; Social implications; Contact information.

• Oasis Residential ranks third best REIT in nation.
   // Las Vegas Business Press; 1/9/95, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p6 

  Reports that Henderson-based Oasis Residential is ranked the third best Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) among 72 of the nation's largest real estate trusts. Ranking of the companies based on location, real estate assets, and potential market value.

• Pharmacy of the apes.
  Pope, G. // Science World; 2/21/92, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p18 

  Reports that when apes are ill, they eat plants that cure them or at least make them feel better. Nature's medicine; Aspilia to treat infections; Other animals that play `doctor'; How they know how much to take. INSET: Eloy Rodriguez (offers a look at his work as a plant chemist....

• Meet my cousin, the chimpanzee.
  Dawkins, Richard // New Scientist; 6/5/93, Vol. 138 Issue 1876, p36 

  Comments on the discontinuous gap between humans and apes and the double standards that exist giving more importance to humans than to apes. Ubiquity of the discontinuous mind; Ring species as exemplified by the herring gull and the black-backed gull; Evolutionary link between man and apes.

• Planet of the free apes?
  Vines, Gail // New Scientist; 6/5/93, Vol. 138 Issue 1876, p39 

  Discusses the launching of a citizen's charter for chimpanzees entitled `Declaration on Great Apes,' arguing that great apes should be granted the right to life, liberty and freedom from torture. DNA studies supporting human closeness to great apes; Declaration meaning an end to their use in...

• Untitled.
  Coyne, Pat // New Statesman & Society; 6/11/93, Vol. 6 Issue 256, p31 

  Looks at the arguments surrounding the close relationship between human being and apes. `The Great Ape Project'; Apes deserving the same moral and legal status as humans; `Pan sapiens'; Hand-in-hand continuum; Tebbit cricket test; Implications of acceptance; Human category.

• Forecasts: Children's books.
  Roback, Diane; Devereaux, Elizabeth // Publishers Weekly; 7/26/1993, Vol. 240 Issue 30, p73 

  Reviews the book `Apes,' by Tess Lemon and illustrated by John Butler.

• Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa.
  Walsh, Peter D.; Abernethy, Kate A.; Bermejo, Magdalena; Beyers, Rene; De Wachter, Pauwel; Akou, Marc Ella; Huijbregts, Bas; Mambounga, Daniel Idiata; Toham, Andre Kamdem; Kilbourn, Annelisa M.; Lahm, Sally A.; Latour, Stefanie; Maisels, Fiona; Mbina, Christian; Mihindou, Yves; Ndong Obiang, Sosthene; Effa, Ernestine Ntsame; Starkey, Malcolm P.; Telfer, Paul // Nature; 4/10/2003, Vol. 422 Issue 6932, p611 

  Because rapidly expanding human populations have devastated gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) habitats in East and West Africa, the relatively intact forests of western equatorial Africa have been viewed as the last stronghold of African apes. Gabon and the...

• Great Apes.
  Walsh, Peter D.; Abernethy, Kate A.; Bermejo, Magdalena; Beyers, Rene; De Wachter, Pauwel; Akou, Marc Ella; Huijbregts, Bas; Mambounga, Daniel Idiata; Toham, Andre Kamdem; Kilbourn, Annelisa M.; Lahm, Sally A.; Latour, Stefanie; Maisels, Fiona; Mbina, Christian; Mihindou, Yves; Ndong Obiang, Sosthene; Effa, Ernestine Ntsame; Starkey, Malcolm P.; Telfer, Paul // U.S. News & World Report; 6/9/86, Vol. 100 Issue 23, p74 

  The killing of American zoologist Dian Fossey spurs a campaign to save Rwanda's mountain gorillas. On the edge of extinction, the mountain gorillas may be saved by a plan to fend off poachers and bring in tourists.

• The Great Apes.
  Walsh, Peter D.; Abernethy, Kate A.; Bermejo, Magdalena; Beyers, Rene; De Wachter, Pauwel; Akou, Marc Ella; Huijbregts, Bas; Mambounga, Daniel Idiata; Toham, Andre Kamdem; Kilbourn, Annelisa M.; Lahm, Sally A.; Latour, Stefanie; Maisels, Fiona; Mbina, Christian; Mihindou, Yves; Ndong Obiang, Sosthene; Effa, Ernestine Ntsame; Starkey, Malcolm P.; Telfer, Paul // Weekly Reader News - Edition 3; 1/30/2009, Vol. 78 Issue 17, p4 

  A quiz about the great apes namely the bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans is presented.

• Where Do Gorillas Live?
  Walsh, Peter D.; Abernethy, Kate A.; Bermejo, Magdalena; Beyers, Rene; De Wachter, Pauwel; Akou, Marc Ella; Huijbregts, Bas; Mambounga, Daniel Idiata; Toham, Andre Kamdem; Kilbourn, Annelisa M.; Lahm, Sally A.; Latour, Stefanie; Maisels, Fiona; Mbina, Christian; Mihindou, Yves; Ndong Obiang, Sosthene; Effa, Ernestine Ntsame; Starkey, Malcolm P.; Telfer, Paul // Weekly Reader News - Senior; 1/30/2009, Vol. 87 Issue 17, p8 

  A quiz about gorillas is presented.

• THE BIGGEST AND THE SMALLEST.
  Lusted, Marcia Amidon // Appleseeds; Apr2010, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p34 

  The article presents information on gorilla.

• Gorilla Expose.
  Parnell, Richard // Natural History; Oct99, Vol. 108 Issue 8, p38 

  Relates the study conducted by researchers among the gorillas in Mbeli Bai in Congo. Description of Mbeli Bai; African countries where western lowland gorillas can be found; Ecological status of the gorillas; Observations made by the researchers; Average population density of gorillas in the...

• LITTLE GORILLA Rescue.
  Bishop, Gerry // Ranger Rick; Aug2003, Vol. 37 Issue 8, p4 

  Reports on rescue efforts for baby gorillas who become orphan at Lesio-Louna Sanctuary in.

• Early hominoid evidence from South Africa's west coast: Chance finding among the diamonds.
  Bishop, Gerry // South African Journal of Science; Jan97, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p3 

  Reports on the discovery of an 18-million-year-old upper molar tooth from an extinct ape in Namaqualand, South Africa. Findings signifying that South Africa has been home for pre-humans than previously thought; Other specimens discovered.

• One of a Kind.
  Knudson, Tara // Boys' Quest; Feb/Mar2003, Vol. 8 Issue 5, p32 

  Describes a gorilla named Snowflake.

• Brain Busters.
  Knudson, Tara // Scholastic News -- Senior Edition; 9/27/2002, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p8 

  Presents a quiz on issues related to the great apes, science skills and the U.S. military against Iraq.

• Africa's Great Apes.
  Knudson, Tara // Current Events; 10/14/2005, Vol. 105 Issue 6, p4 

  The section presents a map showing the distribution of three great apes in Africa.

• Gibraltar's Barbary apes.
  Knudson, Tara // National Geographic World; Mar86, Issue 127, p16 

  Gibraltar's Barbary apes are the only wild monkeys in Europe, and they roam freely on Gibraltar, the rocky peninsula of Spain, protected by an old legend concerning the possession of Gibraltar.

• Rare fossil found.
  Knudson, Tara // Current Science; 11/1/96, Vol. 82 Issue 5, p12 

  Reports on the discovery of a fossilized skull of an apelike creature by a group of anthropologists working near Ankara, Turkey.

• Ancestral ape.
  Knudson, Tara // New Scientist; 04/26/97, Vol. 154 Issue 2079, p13 

  Focuses on the discovery of fossil remains of a chimpanzee-sized animal, Morotopithecus, in Uganda believed to be the earliest ape species which lived 20 million years ago.

• The Great Ape Debate.
  Knudson, Tara // Scholastic Action; 2/7/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p6 

  Questions whether great apes should be used in entertainment and advertising.

• Apes and gorillas are people too.
  Blatchford, John // New Scientist; 11/29/97, Vol. 156 Issue 2110, p56 

  Argues that apes and gorillas are people too. Individual's perception of apes and gorillas; How animals can benefit us; Request for a millennium celebration for humans and our closest relatives; Reference to experiment conducted in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda.

• Toothy sparkler unearthed in diamond mine.
  Cowling, Lesley // New Scientist; 11/30/96, Vol. 152 Issue 2058, p16 

  Reports on the discovery of a fossil of an early ape tooth at a South African diamond mine. Issues raised by the discovery on the ape family that gave rise to humans; Prehistoric species discovered at the mine.

• Names for Animal Collectives.
  Cowling, Lesley // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2008, p724 

  A list of the names for animal collectives is presented, including alligators, apes and bears.

• THE COLTAN CONNECTION.
  Cowling, Lesley // Conde Nast Traveler; Oct2002, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p64 

  Reports that hunters shoot the great apes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to gain access to the area to mine the coltan, a mineral that regulates the voltage in wireless telephones.

• SPOT THE DIFFERENCE.
  Cowling, Lesley // WILD; Sep/Oct2001, Vol. 5 Issue 6, p14 

  Provides information on monkeys and apes. Average height; Average weight; Food.

• Money fact.
  Cowling, Lesley // Discover; Oct98, Vol. 19 Issue 10, p60 

  Presents information on various issues relating to money, with reference to the life of the bartering ape. Appearance of a coin from the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene; Information on China's paper currency by Marco Polo in 1295; Reference to the first coin authorized by the democratic...

• THE END.
  Churchman, Deborah // Ranger Rick; Sep2004, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p20 

  Focuses on activities of a western lowland baby gorilla.

• Looks can be deceiving.
  Murray-Plumer, Sara // U+S+ Kids; Jan/Feb98, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p19 

  Provides information about the gorilla. Details on the actions of Binti Jua female gorilla; Meaning of the word gorilla; Types and classification of gorilla. INSET: Untitled (Height, weight...).

• ASSESSING THE PLIGHT OF THE APES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APES DATABASE.
  Boesch, C.; Morgan, D.; Sanz, C.; Kuehl, H. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p93 

  The article presents an abstract of the paper "Assessing the Plight of the Apes: The Significance of the Apes Database," by C. Boesch and colleagues, at the Twenty-First Congress of the International Primatological Society to be held in Entebbe, Uganda, on June 25-30, 2006.

• CONFLICT OF LAND-USE BETWEEN GREAT APES AND HUMANS IN KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK, D.R.C.
  Maisubara, M.; Yamagiwa, J.; Basabose, A. K.; Sprague, D. S.; Iwasaki, N. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p309 

  The article presents an abstract of the paper "Conflict of land-use between Great Apes and humans in Kahuzi-Biega National Park," by M. Matsubara and colleagues, to be presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe,...

• LAND USE & LAND COVER CHANGE IN GREAT APE HABITAT OF THE UGANDAN ALBERTINE RIFT.
  Laporte, N. T.; Plumptre, A. J.; Walker, W. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p314 

  The article presents an abstract of the paper "Land use and land cover change in great ape habitat of the Ugandan Albertine Rift," by N.T. Laporte and colleagues, to be presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe,...

• BEYOND THE SPECULATION: JUST WHAT ARE THE BILI APES?
  Hicks, T. C. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p427 

  The article presents the abstract of the paper "Beyond the Speculation: Just What Are the Bili Apes?," by T.C. Hicks to be presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society in Entebbe, Uganda from June 20-25, 2006.

• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF SELECTIVE LOGGING ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GREAT APES IN AN ACTIVE LOGGING CONCESSION OF SOUTHEASTERN CAMEROON.
  Arnhem, E.; Dupain, J.; van Elsacker, L.; Vercauteren, M. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p431 

  The article presents the abstract of the paper "Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Selective Logging on Spatial Distribution of Great Apes in an Active Logging Concession of Southeastern Cameroon ," by E. Arnhem and colleagues to be presented at the 21st Congress of the International...

• THE ROLE OF TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES IN GREAT APE CONSERVATION.
  Watts, D. P. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p454 

  The article presents an abstract of the paper "The role of television documentaries in great ape conservation," presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society held June 25-30, 2006 at Entebbe, Uganda.

• WORKSHOP: PREDICTING GREAT APE DISTRIBUTIONS USING ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION MODELING TOOLS.
  Pintea, L. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p459 

  The article presents an abstract of the workshop titled "Predicting Great Ape distributions using element distribution modeling tools," presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society held June 25-30, 2006 at Entebbe, Uganda.

• UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNICATIVE GESTURES IN COOPERATIVE AND COMPETITIVE SITUATIONS IN GREAT APES AND HUMAN CHILDREN.
  Herrmann, E.; Tomasello, M. // International Journal of Primatology; Feb2006 Supplement, Vol. 27, p537 

  The article presents the abstract of the paper "Understanding of Communicative Gestures in Cooperative and Competitive Situations in Great Apes and Human Children," by E. Herrmann and M. Tomasello, to be presented at the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society in Entebbe,...

• The Gorilla's First-Aid Kit.
  Berger, Cynthia // Highlights for Children; Apr99, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p32 

  Presents information on the gorillas at the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. How the people at the national park track the gorillas; Details on the diet of gorillas.

• Sites of the Great Apes.
  Anderson, Robert // Natural History; Mar99, Vol. 108 Issue 2, p18 

  Looks at some of the Web sites available in the study of wild ape populations. Information on bonobos or pygmy chimpanzees; Gorilla Online; Red apes of Borneo and Sumatra.

• Bi-peds' swinging ancestor.
  Spotts, Peter N. // Christian Science Monitor; 1/16/96, Vol. 88 Issue 34, p13 

  Researches the evolution of locomotion in apes. Study of skeletal elements associated with movement; Results of study.

• KIDS' CORNER.
  Spotts, Peter N. // Scholastic News -- Edition 3; 1/23/2012, Vol. 68 Issue 14, p4 

  A quiz about apes, monkeys and vocabulary is presented.

• Recent discoveries of Dryopithecus shed new light on evolution of great apes.
  Sola, Salvador Moya; Kohler, Meike // Nature; 10/7/1993, Vol. 365 Issue 6446, p543 

  Discusses the discovery of a facial skeleton of Dryopithecus laietanus. Background information; Significance of Dryopithecus in the evolution of the great apes; Synopomorphies of great ape genus; Plesiomorphic characters; Derived morphology of zygomatic bone.

• Renaissance of Europe's ape.
  Martin, Lawrence; Andrews, Peter // Nature; 10/7/1993, Vol. 365 Issue 6446, p494 

  Features the European fossil ape, Dryopithecus. Changes in the classification of fossil apes; Prominence in the study of human origins; Cranial evidence of relationship to humans and great apes.

• THE SOUL OF THE APE.
  Wynne, Clive D. L. // American Scientist; Mar/Apr2001, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p120 

  Talks about nonhuman apes. Information on the Great Ape Project, a group working to raise the legal and moral status of the nonhuman apes; Number of chimpanzees that were held for biomedical research in the United States; Evidence for self-awareness in nonhuman apes.

• Apes Shall Not Kill Apes (Song).
  Wynne, Clive D. L. // Music Week; 1/19/2002, Issue 2, p9 

  Reviews the song 'Apes Shall Not Kill Apes,' by Medicine.

• Pygmy Chimpanzees (Book Review).
  Wynne, Clive D. L. // Natural History; Sep80, Vol. 89 Issue 9, p94 

  Recommends additional readings related to the article on pygmy chimpanzees published in the September 1980 issue of the periodical 'Natural History.' 'The Great Apes,' by D. Freeman; 'The Apes,' by V. Reynolds; 'The Ape Within Us,' by J. MacKinnon.

• New `Planet' conquers Earth.
  Svetkey, Benjamin // Entertainment Weekly; 02/09/96, Issue 313, p68 

  Focuses on the 1968 motion picture `Planet of the Apes,' starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall. Brief plot; Characters; Opening date; Movie as inspiring several sequels; Production notes.

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