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 monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder.

Learn about the different ways mammals descended from trees and what this can tell us about early primate evolution.

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

Frank Cuozzo and Michelle Sauther first traveled to South Africa in 2012 to search for some of the most unusual primates on ...

Discover the key differences between Old World and New World monkeys, from nose shape to tails. Learn how to tell them apart ...

Rhesus macaque monkeys, like the 43 that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week, are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to ...