Primate and Human Evolution provides a synthesis of the evolution and adaptive significance of human anatomical, physiological and behavioral traits. Using paleontology and modern human variation and ...

The complex unfolding of human evolution over the past 7 million years is but one small story in the larger volume of primate evolutionary history. Humans, and our hominin ancestors, belong to a ...

Most of us do it, be it romantic, familial, friendly or formal, but kissing among humans and where and how it originated is ...

We need to know how humans look different from other primates so we can trace the anatomical changes that occurred to get to that point. Q: What can lemurs tell us about the evolution of human ...

What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately ...

It deals with the evolution and ecology of human society, as reconstructed from archaeological remains, and from studies of indigenous peoples and living primates today. It considers the biology of ...

This pattern of investment was only made possible by overcoming male violence in our primate ancestors ... of the things that had to happen in human evolution was to solve the infanticide problem.

New research in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that the ancient ‘Lazarus’ primate was North America's last until ...

Researchers have uncovered how social interactions influence brain development in common marmosets, drawing parallels with ...

They have held a mirror to humanity, revealing our strengths and weaknesses through their own clever behaviors, organ systems ...

A team in the Hübner and Diecke Labs at the Max Delbrück Center have shown how human and non-human primate hearts differ genetically. The study, published in “Nature Cardiovascular Research ...