In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

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Globally, gibbons are one of the most threatened families of primates, while the pileated gibbon is listed as endangered – Copyright SITE Intelligence Group/AFP ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the distinct upright postures ...

Genetic diversity among great apes reflects a complex interplay of mutation, selection and demographic shifts that has shaped the evolutionary paths of orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos.

Foreword / by Jane Goodall -- The uncanniness of similitude : wild men, simians, and hybrid beings -- Skeletons, skins, and skulls : apes in the age of colonial expansion and natural history ...

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...