"One result of nine-month 'Primate project' held at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, during 1962-1963. Organized by Sherwood L. Washburn and David A.

A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye concerning the strong role of genes in determining the social behavior of nonhuman primates. A team of researchers at the University of Oxford ...

Adaptation and behavior in the primate fossil record / Callum F. Ross ... [et al.] -- Functional morphology and in vivo bone strain patterns in the craniofacial region of primates: beware of ...

Nonhuman primates are our closest living relatives, and no other group of mammals can remind us of ourselves the way nonhuman primates do. We will start this course by examining the phylogeny, ...

The study of foraging behaviour and cognitive ecology in primates reveals a fascinating interplay between ecological challenges and evolved cognitive strategies. Primates navigate complex environments ...

Cooperative behaviour and prosociality in nonhuman primates constitute a vital area of research that illuminates the evolutionary origins of complex sociality. Studies indicate that primates employ a ...

Chimpanzees have been spotted eating and sharing an alcoholic fruit in the wild for the first time, leaving scientists perplexed about why the primates would deliberately seek such a diet.

A team of scientists from Durham University has uncovered surprising insights into the behaviour of wild baboons in South Africa using an innovative camera collar system. The findings, published in ...

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 73, No. 2 (February 2019), pp. 1-16 (16 pages) As is the case for humans, it has long been thought that nonhuman primates can be described in terms of their ...

Purchasing a pet monkey or ape in Missouri is easy. Animal rights advocates say it can be unsafe for both pet and owner.

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna are reporting that Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) engage in food flavoring behavior by dunking food into soy yogurt. Experimentally ...