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Retro
Retro is a rhesus macaque monkey born in July 2020 who was announced by Chinese researchers in early 2024 as the first healthy cloned rhesus macaque to survive to adulthood. Retro was created using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same technique used to clone Dolly the sheep. The research team, led by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, modified the technique by cul...
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Imo
Imo was a female Japanese macaque living on the island of Kōjima, Japan, whose behavior became a foundational case study in cultural transmission among non-human animals. In 1953, primatologists observed her washing sweet potatoes in a river to remove sand before eating them, a technique she spontaneously invented. This novel behavior was subsequently adopted by other members of her troop, demonst...
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