In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date.

Primate species with better color vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur coloration, as previously thought. It's long been assumed that primates' colorful skin and fur is linked to their ...

Foreword / Jane Goodall -- Overview -- How to use this book -- Protecting and conserving primates -- Notes on primate taxonomy and species concepts / Colin Groves -- Cladistic classification of the ...

In “ Primate Species Spotlight: The Spot-Nosed Guenon” Global Field Program graduate student Lilija Rapa helps us get to know African monkeys with a in-depth look at the spot-nosed guenon and suggests ...

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Contrary to current understanding, the brains of human newborns aren't significantly less developed compared to other primate species, but appear so because so much brain development happens after ...

Research suggests 66 percent of primate species are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered and 85 percent of primate species are in decline. In many ways, humans are largely to blame. While ...