Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Most primates today live in the tropics, and most primate fossils have been unearthed there too. But when the scientists behind the new study used fossil spore and pollen data from early primate ...

Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

Howdy, pards! This autumnal week brought a new challenge to last decade's claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after ...

ATHENS, Ohio (May 24, 2007) -- You might call it a tale of "monkey see, monkey do." Researchers at Ohio University have found that after primates evolved the ability to see red, they began to develop ...

In primates, visual information is processed hierarchically, moving from early brain regions that respond to low-level features to later-stage areas that recognize complex features and objects. In the ...

A Mississippi mother fatally shot an escaped research monkey near her home after fearing for her children’s safety, officials said.

Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other residents had been warned about diseases that the escaped monkeys carried, although ...