A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder.

These abilities have been fine-tuned through millions of years of brain evolution." Large portions of the primate neocortex and cerebellum are dedicated to visuo-motor control, coordinating what we ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

Primate locomotion and evolution encompass the diverse adaptations that have enabled primates to negotiate complex arboreal environments. Throughout their evolutionary history, primates have acquired ...

A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.

An international research team co-led by the University of Oulu has successfully dated key fossil sites in Central Anatolia, Türkiye, to between 7 and 10 million years ago using a new Argon-Argon ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

When you learned about the history of human evolution in school, there's a good chance you were shown one all-too-familiar image. That picture probably showed a conga line of human-like creatures, ...

Primate behavioral diversity : The behavioral ecology of Strepsirrhines and Tarsiers / Peter M. Kappeler ; The behavior, ecology, and social evolution of new world monkeys / Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, ...

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 ...