A new study challenges the long-held idea that early primates began in warm tropical forests. Fossil and climate evidence ...

New findings by researchers at the University of Montpellier, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, and the German Primate Center in Göttingen resolve why male-female ...

Primate behavioral diversity : The behavioral ecology of Strepsirrhines and Tarsiers / Peter M. Kappeler ; The behavior, ecology, and social evolution of new world monkeys / Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, ...

For decades, the story of primate origins seemed straightforward. Early primates were thought to have emerged in warm, humid ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

Sensory trade-offs between vision and olfaction in the evolution and radiation of primates have long been debated. However, insights have been limited by a lack of sensory gene sequences and ...

Phylogeny and ecology -- Habitat and locomotion -- Food -- Predation -- Interspecific relations -- Why be social? -- Group range, size, and structure -- Learning and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We have been researching the evolution of primate litter size — how many babies grow during each ...

This photograph shows two species from the study by Toussaint et al. – a raccoon (Procyon lotor) and mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) – climbing on vertical supports. Researchers have shed new light on ...

Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them as a philosophical reminder of the duality of ...