Interactive summer exhibition explores the traits we share with animals
Visitors are being encouraged to talk like a chimpanzee, sing like a whale and think like a dog at the University of St Andrews’ Wardlaw Museum this summer.
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Great ape gestures
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, according to a new study by St Andrews researchers.
Chimpanzees synchronise their steps just like humans
New research shows chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronise their steps when walking alongside one another.
Chimpanzee 'social media'
Scientists have shown that chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have their own signature style when drumming on trees.
Chimpanzee mothers may grieve loss of their young
New observations from the Budongo Forest in Uganda help us to understand why chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants.
This one simple trick can improve your performance
Music performance is enhanced when musicians concentrate on the sounds they make, not on the movements of their fingers, according to a study led by researchers at the University of St Andrews.
Chimps communicate in context
New research led by St Andrews reveals bonobo chimpanzee gestures change meaning according to the specific context in which they are used.
People at heart of brain and dementia research
Researchers at St Andrews have been instrumental in creating Scotland’s first national brain health and dementia research strategy.
Cultural lives of animals
The idea that only humans have culture is challenged by a leading expert in animal behaviour.
The smell of cooperation
Rats can smell whether another rat is worth helping, according to new research involving the University of St Andrews.