However, observations by Dr. Surbeck and his team, and those of other researchers, challenge the harmonious stereotyping of ...

Not every space traveler has worn a suit or walked upright. From monkeys to microscopic marvels, these species show how far ...

Tiny monkeys with a secret skill only a few animals share? Marmosets, those adorable South American primates, have a hidden ...

Glenn Branch, deputy director for the National Center of Science Education, gave a lecture at the Great Hall in the Memorial ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

The macaque monkey is the ... our study suggests brain evolution happened in steps. Our findings suggest changes in frontal cortex organization occurred in apes, followed by changes in temporal cortex ...

While humans can typically yodel within a range of about one octave, the New World monkeys studied can span ... disappeared in the course of human evolution. As the ability to speak evolved ...

When monkeys howl—or yodelers yodel—they ... Dunn said. At some during our evolution, humans seem to have lost these membranes, he added. But the shame of being inferior yodelers may have ...

These membranes disappeared from humans through evolution to allow for more stable speech. These membranes allow monkeys to introduce "voice breaks" to their calls at the same rapid transitions in ...

This is thought to give monkeys, which are social creatures, a more complex way of communicating with each other. All other primates, and even ancient human ancestors, appear to have this special ...