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1,437 results for: Primates

  1. Anthropology

    Tooth, jaw fossils tell tale of North America’s last nonhuman primates

    Oregon fossils provide new clues to North America’s last nonhuman primates.

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  2. Animals

    Great tits sing with syntax

    Humans are no longer the only species to use compositional syntax. Great tits do, too.

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  3. Animals

    A monkey uses a stick to pick its teeth and nose

    A wild bearded capuchin monkey in Brazil was caught using tools to pick its nose and teeth.

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  4. Anthropology

    Monkey’s small brain shows surprising folds

    An ancient monkey’s tiny brain developed folds, raising questions about primate evolution.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Virus closely related to hepatitis A discovered in seals

    Scientists have discovered a relative of the hepatitis A virus in seals.

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  6. Anthropology

    Minutes after encountering danger, lemurs yawn

    Madagascar primates yawn within minutes of encountering threats.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: Haiti hit early, possible monkey hosts, and more

    A new test for Zika, how Haiti fits into the outbreak timeline, a look at monkeys that can carry the virus, and more in this week’s Zika Watch.

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  8. Animals

    Chimps get buzzed on fermented tree sap

    Scientists have documented the first case of chimpanzees drinking ethanol in the wild.

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  9. Life

    Women blush when ovulating, and it doesn’t matter a bit

    Women don’t signal their fertility in obvious ways like nonhuman primates. A new study shows that even skin flushes are too subtle to detect.

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  10. Paleontology

    Monkeys reached Americas about 36 million years ago

    Peruvian fossils suggest ancient African primates somehow crossed the Atlantic Ocean and gave rise to South American monkeys.

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  11. Animals

    Lemurs chat only with their best friends

    Ring-tailed lemurs maintain friendships built with grooming by calling to each other, a new study finds.

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  12. Animals

    Invasive toads will probably overrun Madagascar

    A new report finds that eradicating invasive Asian toads before they overtake all of Madagascar is “not currently feasible.”

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