Gene Regulation in Primates Evolves under Tissue-Specific Selection Pressures: Regulatory changes have long been hypothesized to play an important role in primate evolution. To identify adaptive ...

The evolution of the primate brain does not appear to have relied first on the autonomous growth of the frontal lobe, often associated with advanced cognitive functions. A study published in Science ...

・A newly identified primate species from Wyoming is challenging a long-standing model of early primate evolution. The species, Tetonius varleyorum, lived about 55 million years ago and combines ...

The diet of early anthropoids—the ancestors of apes and monkeys—has long been debated. Did these early primates display behaviors and diets similar to modern species, or did they have much humbler ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brooklyn College Professor Stephen Chester (center) points out dental features on an enlarged model of an extinct mammal to ...

New in JNeurosci, Ning Liu, from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, explored whether brain structures ...

Categories Article 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 ...

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

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You might find the lemur mongoose in Madagascar and the raccoon in the deciduous forests of North America, but they have one important thing in common: both species spend a lot of time climbing trees.

Humans are the only primate whose breasts stay permanently enlarged. Here's what the fat, the hormones and the research actually say about why they stay.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of the holotype jaw of Tetonius varleyorum. (CREDIT: Parker Rhinehart) A newly identified primate species from Wyoming is ...