Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

The brain does not merely recognize the human voice. A study from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas ...

Heated disagreements about sexuality and gender are front and center in today's culture wars. Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents argues in his new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years ...

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 ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

Source: Catherine Poh Huay Tan, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Primates, humans included, are known for their complex societies and sophisticated social cognition. Navigating ...

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they genetically traced back to the Barbary macaques of Africa. “The Berenike burials of ...