The earliest human ancestors weren't big meat eaters, according to new scientific research on their fossilized remains.

A study conducted at a chimpanzee sanctuary addresses for the first time why individuals in a group tend to urinate when others do as well. A phenomenon that has only been seen in humans and ...

the aye-aye—or Daubentonia madagascariensis—is the world’s largest nocturnal primate. While its comically large ears, piercing eyes and thick bushy tail paint a picture of bewilderment ...

For example, there are small and large leaping primates as well as small and large brachiators. The same can be said concerning quadrupedalists, whether arboreal or terrestrial. These observations ...

The primate: Kong is on the marquee, and the big man delivers (this time with a giant mechanical contraption on his hand — all the better to punch with, my dears). But there are other primates ...

In addition to having adaptations for enhanced depth perception and visual acuity, primates also have large visual regions of the brain (Allman, 1999; Kaas, 2005, 2008). Macaque monkeys ...

Our ancient primate ancestors gave birth to twins. Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single child — a rather large child with an even larger head. Human brain and body size is certainly ...

Primates are fantastically diverse ... A new way forward While large, fully timed trees with molecular sequence data for all species are rare, we have found that the materials to build them ...

The rigid big toe that eventually evolved gives efficient ... bone joints from living and fossil human relatives, including primates such as apes and monkeys, and then compared them to modern ...

Endangered monkeys and apes could face new risks if Africa becomes a big player in the palm oil industry. Most areas suitable for growing the oil crop are key habitats for primates, a study suggests.