Research suggests 66 percent of primate species are vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered and 85 percent of primate species are in decline. In many ways, humans are largely to blame. While ...

Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature, by Jonathan Leaf (Bombardier, 320 pp., $21) Ever since Darwin, biologists have believed that much could be learned about human nature ...

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New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in the relationships of our close relatives. "For a ...

A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

A chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda, bares its teeth before a fight. (Moritz Wolf/imageBROKER/Getty Images) Deep in ...

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Research on human physiology and on prevention, treatments, and cures for disease relies on model systems with sufficient complexity, and nonhuman primates are used in biomedical research to meet ...

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Primates already face “unprecedented challenges," researchers said, and climate change is likely to bring additional burdens, according to the study. The study by a group of more than 100 researchers ...

With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas changed the face of science and opened the world’s eyes to how similar humans are ...

The Primate Rescue Center has been tucked away on private land in Jessamine County for 30 years, yet many central Kentuckians ...