Chimp News

Yes more Chimp news for you - just a couple of quick links.

First of all a Chimp's memoir is among contenders for Booker Prize. "Me Cheeta" is one of 13 novels on the Booker Prize long-list. Originally published anonymously, James Lever's book claims to tell the life story of the chimp who gained 1930s Hollywood stardom in "Tarzan" movies.

For more: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/books/390

And a new Chimp study (yes another one) - Scientists have often wondered why the human language is so different from the chimp language. New research has analyzed some chimp brains and found out that something in evolution might have changed some things. They are not completely certain yet, but this is the first step in figuring out the reason for the exact difference in languages (since chimps and humans are so closely related).

For more: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/07/chimp-study-offers-new-clues-t.html