What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to ...

Bonobos, often seen as the “make love, not war” apes, are famous for using sexual behavior to smooth over conflicts. Chimps, ...

We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Perhaps you experience it yourself when passing a cafe or restaurant and ...

It is therefore important to understand future threats to lemurs so as to protect them. Lemurs are unusual among primates.

Most people are familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting ...

The database was designed to help those in the field of phenomics — the study of animals’ physical characteristics. Studying primate characteristics requires accessing their skeletons — some ...