P rimates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, ...

Research study explores how genetic changes shaped the variety seen across primates — from brain development and body size to diet, vision, movement and survival in extreme environments.

Insect-eating primates, like tarsiers, have extra copies of the ‘CHIA’ gene to break down insect exoskeletons. Bamboo lemurs and lorises expanded detoxification genes to process toxic plants.