Hair is an important feature of primate — including human — diversity and evolution, serving functions tied to thermoregulation, protection, camouflage and signaling. However, the evolution of wild ...

Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins Date: August 9, 2009 Source: University of Calgary Summary: Archaeologists are now establishing a discipline devoted to the history of tool use in ...

A number of recent studies have used DNA microarrays to compare patterns of gene expression between closely related species 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.Within primates, the focus has been primarily on human ...

The oldest primate relative, Purgatorius, lived 65 million years ago, just after the dinosaurs disappeared. It’s from Montana. The oldest true primates also occur outside Africa. Teilhardina, related ...

According to Rose and lead author Rachel Dunn, an assistant professor of anatomy at Des Moines University, this suggests that the little primates represent a very early stage of primate evolution.

The oral-facial component of human speech evolved from lip smacking, a friendly back-and-forth gesture performed by primates such as chimpanzees, baboons and macaques. The studies suggest a ...

These results, recently published in Genome Biology and Evolution, provide a clear explanation for why humans have a higher fat content than primates; the genes required to convert white to beige ...

“What specific genes underlie the observed individual differences in cognition is not clear, but pursuing this question may lead to candidate genes that changed in human evolution and allowed ...

Some background — In the late 1960s ... The evolution of self-control is not so clear in an invertebrate like the cuttlefish, ... Unlike non-human primates, ...

Two recent studies based at Princeton University suggest that the oral-facial component of human speech evolved from lip smacking, a friendly back-and-forth gesture performed by primates such as ...