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You may have recently heard news about “Ardi” (Ardipithecus ramidus), which is the oldest and most complete hominid skeleton that has been found to date. Not surprisingly, controversy abounds regarding what this skeleton means for the ancestral trees of apes and humans. See the following video for a quick peek into the ongoing discussion about where to place Ardi on the primate family tree.

FOR MORE ABOUT ARDI, check out Discovery Channel’s interactive website “DISCOVERING ARDI.”

You can also read more about “Lucy” and other primate fossils of Africa near the end of the page in our “Primates of Africa” section.

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Check out this popular YouTube Video of a chimpanzee showing a little excitement at the zoo.

So…what’s going on here? Is the chimp happy, angry, annoyed? Although we can’t know for sure since it is impossible to get into this little guy’s head, scientists can use what we know about wild chimpanzee behavior to proffer a guess as to why he seems to be “going crazy.” Below is a video excerpt from Discovery.com which offers one scientist’s point of view on the display.

Grey langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) are on patrol in India this week, in association with the impending Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Feeling threatened by rampant wildlife near their accommodations, some visiting teams began to threaten to pull out of the games if something wasn’t done quickly to alleviate pest problems in the city. Snakes, wild dogs, and small troops of monkeys are apparently causing quite a disturbance for the athletes, entering rooms for cover or to steal food and sometimes even attacking people in the streets. Solution? Employ large, aggressive langurs that are perfectly capable of driving wildlife away from villages where the athletes are staying. Utilized in India for a variety of purposes, langurs are incredibly intelligent and apparently well suited for such security detail. At time of printing, it is still undetermined as to whether they will be provided with pepper spray and batons.