A newly identified primate species from Wyoming is challenging a long-standing model of early primate evolution. The species, ...

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

Interactions between primates and animals outside their families have been documented for a long time, from predator-prey ...

Why do humans keep pets? A new international study suggests that some of the behavioral foundations of human-animal ...

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

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the ...

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 ...

A new study my colleagues and I conducted brings together 427 documented cases of primates interacting with other species, ...

Why do humans enjoy keeping pets? A new international study suggests that the answer may reach much further back in evolution ...

Our understanding of female–male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, species with ...

By Muhammad Talal As biodiversity on Earth faces rapid decline, scientists are advocating for a new conservation approach: ...

Brains rot within days. The bony case that held them can last 33 million years, which is why primate brain evolution has been ...