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NIH Reports Scientists Generate the First Complete Chromosome Sequences from Non-Human Primates -...
Sierra Sun Times· 3 days agoComplete X and Y chromosome sequences from six primate species reveal species diversity and insights...
Pet primate that escaped now captured in South Carolina - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 7 days agoThe Colleton County Sheriff’s Office had advised residents in a Facebook post Friday a primate was...
The praying mantis is a predator: Lifeform of the week
EarthSky· 2 hours agoThe praying mantis is a vicious predator. The praying mantis is more of a preying mantis, because...
Smarter Foragers Do Not Forage Smarter
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoPrimates, including humans, have larger brains than most other mammals, but why? A team from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the...
Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food
The Conversation· 7 days agoThanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved large brains involves ...
32 of the loudest animals on Earth
LiveScience· 5 hours agoThe blue whale claims the title for not only being the largest animal in the natural world — it is also the loudest. It can emit calls — or long rumbling...
What Are "Gorilla Ribs" – And Should I Worry If I Have Them?
IFLScience· 5 hours ago“Lumbar ribs most commonly arise from first lumbar vertebra, although it has been reported to arise...
Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain -...
Nature· 12 hours agoThis resource presents a high-resolution diffusion MRI dataset of a chimpanzee brain, which should be useful for evolutionary studies of primate brain evolution.
Progress on the science of menstruation—at last
The Economist· 5 days agoIn 77AD, Pliny the Elder claimed that contact with menstrual blood would turn crops barren and drive dogs mad. A medieval medical text warned that the...
An escaped pet monkey died in Walterboro. What does that say about SC’s exotic pet laws?
The Post and Courier· 3 days agoElsewhere in the state are also blanks as it relates to exotic pets. Dorchester County's ordinance...
