A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ...

A new study led by a Duke University scientist overturns a long-held idea about how primates, including humans, came to have ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

A new study led by a Duke University scientist overturns a long-held idea about how primates, including humans, came to have such large and ...

Why do humans keep pets? A new international study suggests that some of the behavioral foundations of human-animal ...

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ...

1. Introduction / Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt -- 2. On primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand : the contributions of Frederic Wood ...

Primate evolution claim challenged An analysis of 37 million year old primate fossils is fueling a debate over the existence of an evolutionary link between lemur-like and monkey-like primates -- a ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Cover -- Cortical Evolution in Primates -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables ...

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, ...

When you learned about the history of human evolution in school, there's a good chance you were shown one all-too-familiar image. That picture probably showed a conga line of human-like creatures, ...

The fact that monkeys can keep "pets" or even raise other species could hint at the evolutionary origins of empathy.