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Extinct ape's inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn artist’s reconstruction of the locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. This...
North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeys
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn illustration of Ekgmowechashala, the last primate to inhabit North America before humans. Humans...
Ancient 'Lazarus' Primate Was North America's Last—Until Humans Arrived, Researchers Say
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 months agoYou may think Nebraska and China have little in common, but the two places definitely share one...
Origins of masturbation traced to primates 40 million years ago
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoEvolutionary biologists have traced the origins of masturbation to pre-ancient primates 40 million...
How the Largest Primate Ever Went Extinct
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe largest primate in our family tree went extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago, and its existence has been known to humankind for less than a...
These extinct, nearly 10-foot-tall apes could not adapt to shifting seasons
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn artist’s impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. They are believed...
Can Duke Lemur Center primates point the way to more humane research?
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRandy the ring-tailed lemur is an enthusiastic, if slightly fussy, research subject. Splay-legged...
Report: Huge primates died out because they couldn't adapt to changing climate
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGigantic primates that lived in China until hundreds of thousands of years ago died off due to their...
Mystery of why world's largest ape went extinct finally solved, scientists say
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing...
Scientists debunk myth that human brains are 'underdeveloped' at birth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBaby girl playing with toy blocks on the floor at home with her dad seated on a couch in the...