‘Missing-link’ primate likely to stir debate

Scientists at the center of a multimedia maelstrom announced Tuesday that a 47-million-year-old fossil may represent the common ancestor of all primates, ranging from humans and apes to lemurs.

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House tightens fed controls over pet primate trade

Eight days after a 200-pound chimpanzee critically mauled a woman in Connecticut, the House moved Tuesday to ban the transport of monkeys and apes across state lines for the purpose of selling them as pets.

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Scientists cheer gorilla find, but warn of threats

Can there be more lurking in the mist? Despite a startling find announced Tuesday that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Africa, scientists warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction.

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Team: Texas Study Shows Ancient Primates

A team of anthropologists said their study of South Texas fossil deposits revealed evidence including ancient teeth that shows the area was home to numerous types of primates 42 million years ago.

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It pays to be well hung, if you're a rat

Well-hung males may enjoy an evolutionary advantage over their less well-endowed competitors - in certain rodents, anyway. The finding may help answer the vexing question of why penis size is so variable among mammals.

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The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans evolved genes that enabled them to better adjust to levels of infection and inflammation and to the high cholesterol levels of their meat rich diets. But... these evolutionary gene …

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Modern humans and Neanderthals had sex across the species barrier, according to a leading geneticist who is overseeing a project to compare their genomes.

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"People who believed calorie restriction wouldn't extend life in primates might now have to declare themselves a monkey's uncle.

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A new Myanmar fossil primate, Ganlea megacanina, suggests the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from large-toothed primates in Asia and not Africa.

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As the annual International Whaling Commission meeting stumbles to a close, unable to negotiate a compromise between whaling opponents and people who've killed more than 40,000 whales since 1985, scientists say these aquatic mammals are more than mere animals.

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Gene breakthrough offers hope of treatments for 'incurable' Parkinson's disease and MS

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Despite media hype, the fossil Ida "is not the missing link" between humans (or other anthropoids) and "more primitive primates."

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Scientists on Tuesday unveiled the skeleton of a 47 million-year-old creature from Germany that could provide clues into the early evolution of primates.

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DAYBREAK, and a group of apes are dancing around a rectangular monolith so dark it seems to suck light in. Inspired by this mysterious object, one of them grabs a bone and begins to wield it as a tool - then as a weapon.

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A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles.

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In that field, they beat us hands down in laboratory tests.

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Data on behavior in online social networks (like Facebook or Newsvine) is being used to test hypotheses about human social cognition.

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Travis' mom, was gunned down in 2001 by a teenager after she and two other primates escaped their Missouri ranch and wreaked havoc on the tiny town of Festus leading to a trial that ended with the conviction of the chimps killer.

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Elizabeth Brannon, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke, studies how human adults and infants, lemurs and monkeys think about numbers without using language.

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"Scientists studying the human tendency to follow the gaze of other people have found a link to the behaviour of lemurs, a distant primate relative."

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The accents and dialects that add so much variety—and sometimes confusion—to everyday life are not unique to humans, and they may be more common in primates than previously thought.

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Capuchin monkeys not only have the capacity to use tools, they also know which tool is best for the job at hand, according to a new study.

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An abreviated introductory primer to cladistic phylogenetics, the most compelling and overwhelming evidence of evolution and our place in nature.

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At the press conference, Keller insisted that the impact crater was formed at least 300,000 years before the great extinction and "caused no species extinctions" - certainly not to the dinosaurs.

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At least 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the first assessment of their status for a decade. More Articles

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Bushmeat, or wild-animal game, has long been a food source for people who live in African forests and hunt apes, antelopes and other animals for subsistence. But in recent decades, commercial hunters have started to empty out the forests, especially of primates.

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"Apes and New World primates may help us understand how highly organised and co-operative human societies have evolved and also allow human sociality to be put in to a framework whereby male tolerance and co-cooperativeness can lead to complex co-operative societies."

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Neuroscientists in Switzerland might soon be unable to conduct basic research on rhesus macaques

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If you have just had a big falling out with a colleague, there is nothing better than the comforting and consoling arm of a good friend.

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About half the world's apes, monkeys, and other types of primates are in danger of extinction, according to a new study that predicts a bleak future for many of humankind's closest relatives.

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