An international study led by the University of Oxford documented 427 friendly cross-species interactions involving 88 primate species and 127 partner species, including dogs, pigs, birds, squirrels, ...

Interactions between primates and animals outside their families have been documented for a long time, from predator-prey ...

A new study led by a Duke University scientist overturns a long-held idea about how primates, including humans, came to have ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...

Discover how capuchin monkeys and other primates form deep bonds with different species, suggesting a long evolutionary ...

The fact that monkeys can keep "pets" or even raise other species could hint at the evolutionary origins of empathy.

A team of evolutionary scientists, dermatologists and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in Japan, Kenya and France has found that human skin wounds take nearly three times as ...

Researchers have widely accepted that what sets humans apart from nonhuman primates are prefrontal cortex–driven behaviors such as decision-making, reasoning, planning, and attention. In a new ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

On dry nights, the San hunter-gatherers of Namibia often sleep under the stars. They have no electric lights or new Netflix releases keeping them awake. Yet when they rise in the morning, they haven’t ...

Oregon Health & Science University’s board unanimously voted Monday to dramatically reshape its embattled primate research ...