Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simian Cinema Certain images continue to stand the test of time within the wilds of cinematic pop culture. From Dorothy wandering ...

Whether sensory ‘trade-offs’ between vision and olfaction existed during diversifications of early primates is still an open question. By combining genomic, molecular and neuroanatomical evidence, ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­ ­ ­­— Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease.

Since the work of Darwin 1, we have known that upright bipedal locomotion set the human lineage on a separate evolutionary path from the other apes, but the developmental bases for this giant step ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Cover -- Cortical Evolution in Primates -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables ...

This photograph shows two species from the study by Toussaint et al. – a raccoon (Procyon lotor) and mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) – climbing on vertical supports. Researchers have shed new light on ...

Most people imagine our early primate ancestors swinging through lush tropical forests. But new research shows that they were braving the cold. The question of our own evolution is of fundamental ...

Researchers find that long thumbs in primates are consistently associated with big brains. Freepik As the sole surviving human species, our big brains and nimble hands have always made us feel special ...