humans are the most common and widespread primate on the planet and the only primate to exist in North America. There are currently no monkeys native to North America, but thirty million years ago ...

Research Reveals Our Ancient Primate Ancestors Gave Birth to Twins Regularly, It Was a Norm 60 Million Years Ago The case of ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

For many of us, it may be hard to imagine that if we went back far enough in time—more than 55 million years, when the first primates are thought to have lived—that our great-a-million-times ...

Several of the wet-nosed primates — including lemurs, lorises and galagos — and almost all of the marmosets and tamarins from South America give birth to twins. Prior to our work, researchers ...

Grasping Primate Origins. Science 298 ... In Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America Vol. 2: Marine Mammals and Smaller Terrestrial Mammals. Eds. Janis C. M., Gunnell, G.

Non-human primates are widespread in Africa, Asia, and South America but occupy only limited areas of Europe (Gibraltar) and North America (Central America, and southern Mexico). There is no ...

Bonobos are the non-human primates with the most extensive vocal repertoire Our primate cousins have surprised and impressed scientists in recent years, with revelations about monkeys' tool-using ...