Emory University’s Yerkes Primate Research Center has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to compare how mental abilities decline in aging humans, chimpanzees and rhesus macaques. Read more (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Read “A Brief Overview of Chimpanzees and Aging Research”
See a summary of Yerkes Primate Center’s USDA violations
Take action for Wenka and other Elder chimpanzees
Read more about the 2004 death of chimpanzee Dover at Yerkes