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Why did primates evolve such big brains?
The Raw Story· 1 day agoThanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved ...
Smarter foragers do not forage smarter
Science Daily· 3 days agoThe study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, upends the traditional view that a large brain is needed to make smart decisions when finding food. According ...
Surprising Evolutionary Insights Revealed by First Complete Chromosome Sequences From Great Apes
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoComplete X and Y chromosome sequences from six different primate species have been successfully...
Zoo hopes monkeys will breed to help save species
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKim Cartwright said: "They're an adorable addition but more importantly, being such a rare species in the wild, it's an opportunity to educate our guests...
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 7 days agoIt's so hot in Mexico, howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize ...
Researchers decode how elephants form "sentences," lending insight to their complex communication
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSo finding this capacity between elephants, although quite expected for people who know elephants,...
Visitors can now see new baby animals at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoNamed Patrick, the Dama gazelle is providing hope for the rarest of all gazelle species with fewer...
Opalised fossil of “echidnapus” discovered
Cosmos· 5 days ago“It’s the first evidence we’ve seen of an ‘echidnapus’ – a species which looks like it could have been ancestral to all of the living monotremes,” says...
Human And Chimp DNA Is 98.8 Percent Identical – So How Are We So Different?
IFLScience· 3 days agoHumans and chimpanzees are thought to have split from a common ancestor around six million years...
What The Animal Kingdom’s Most Playful Adults Teach Us About Development
Inverse· 3 days agoWild chimpanzees have been studied for more than 60 years, but they continue to delight and surprise...
