Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

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The Order Primates is an extraordinarily diverse and intelligent group of mammals found throughout Central and South America, Asia, and Africa that comprises 504 species of our closest living ...

As cyclones and droughts are expected to grow in frequency and intensity while global temperatures rise, humankind’s closest relatives will become increasingly vulnerable to extinction, scientists say ...

The ability to make perceptual and conceptual judgements such as knowing the difference between a picture of an object and the actual 3D object itself has been considered a defining capacity of ...

A recent study challenges the notion that it’s a man’s world when it comes to primate social groups. The study found that while a majority of species (58%) exhibited male-biased power structures, ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has already lost up to half of its primate numbers - a type of animals that includes apes and monkeys - ...