19 hours ago · Trilobites Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps.

1 day ago · Chimps were drawn to crystals’ transparency and shape and could quickly distinguish them from normal rocks. These findings could show why objects with crystal-like properties have intrigued …

7 hours ago · Chimpanzees Share Our Ancient and Mysterious Obsession with Crystals. Now, Researchers Think They Know Why Chimps go bananas for a good quartz crystal. So do we.

3 hours ago · Observing how chimps interact with crystals may help us understand why our ancestors started collecting them thousands of years ago and why we still do today.

19 hours ago · Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years ago. Although, we are still not sure if our ancestors ...

Chimps love the shape and transparency of crystals, according to international researchers, who say that the remains of ancient and early ancestors of humans have been found alongside crystals as far …

13 hours ago · Overall, the researchers conclude that chimpanzees are attracted to crystals because of their shape and transparency, which set them apart from everything else in the natural landscape.