This behaviour may shed light on one of the defining features of our own species: our extraordinary relationships with other ...

Adaptation and behavior in the primate fossil record / Callum F. Ross ... [et al.] -- Functional morphology and in vivo bone strain patterns in the craniofacial region of primates: beware of ...

Discover how capuchin monkeys and other primates form deep bonds with different species, suggesting a long evolutionary ...

An international study led by the University of Oxford documented 427 friendly cross-species interactions involving 88 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese macaques at Joshin-etsu National Park in Japan. (Peter Adams / Getty Images file) Humans are far from the only primates ...

Led by anthropologists at the University of Oxford, the study assembled 303 documented examples of primates interacting with animals from other species, according to Popular Science. Published in the ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of defying our neat little categories. Take something as common as same-sex ...

A major new study has examined the prevalence of same-sex behavior in primates. It appeared Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution. It’s been described as the most comprehensive review to date on the ...

A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye concerning the strong role of genes in determining the social behavior of nonhuman primates. A team of researchers at the University of Oxford ...

We've seen it happen. For example, a visit to the Ouzoud waterfalls in Morocco's High Atlas led to an encounter with a group of nearby tourists feeding chips—supplied by the tour guide—to some waiting ...

When people think of primates, they often picture playful monkeys, intelligent apes, or even cuddly zoo animals. Pop culture paints them as adorable, clever, and harmless. However, this oversimplified ...