For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...
Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species ...
A surprising new study suggests the earliest primates didn't originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America. Some may have even survived seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing ...
Supraordinal relationships of primates and their time of origin -- A molecular classification for the living orders of placental mammals and the phylogenetic placement of primates / MS Springer, WJ ...
A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder. Squirrels and many other mammals, by contrast, tend to go headfirst. That ...
For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Cover -- Cortical Evolution in Primates -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables ...