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Monkeys Pay One Another For Work
April 6, 2000 — Primatologists at the Yerkes Primate Center of Emory University have found new evidence that capuchin monkeys (a small but large-brained South American primate) cooperate to obtain food and share the ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Fossils From China Shed Light On Common Ancestry Of Monkeys, Apes And Humans
March 17, 2000 — For the first time, scientists have discovered skeletal parts of an extinct primate that documents an early phase in the evolution of monkeys, apes, and humans. ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Fossils Of Tiny, Thumb-Length Primates
March 16, 2000 — A team of researchers led by Northern Illinois University paleontologist Dan Gebo has discovered the fossils of 45 million-year-old, thumb-length primates. Recovered from the fissure-filled ... > full story -
Study Suggests That Logging May Affect Monkey Health
March 2, 2000 — Secondary forests, areas that have been logged and allowed to regenerate, may provide second-rate habitat for primates, even decades after the forests have been allowed to regenerate, according to a ... > full story -
Baboons Have Voice And Communication But Not The "Theory Of Mind" To Understand How Their Communications Will Affect Others
February 29, 2000 — Researchers studying the behavior of animals in their natural environment have long heard the calls of animals separated from their group and what was assumed were call-backs from the group to ... > full story -
Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts
January 24, 2000 — Researchers at the University of Chicago report in the January 20 issue of Nature that genes pertaining to male reproduction-those involved in sperm production, transfer and morphology-evolve much ... > full story -
New Study Shows It's More Than One, Two, Three For Rhesus Monkeys
January 10, 2000 — Animals can not only be taught to count, but actually understand the concept of numbers according to new research published in the January issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal ... > full story -
Oregon Health Sciences University Researchers Take Steps To Genetically Modify Monkeys For The Research Of Human Disease
December 24, 1999 — Researchers at Oregon Health Sciences University report dramatic progress toward establishing genetically modified, non-human primate models for the study of causes and cures for human disease. ... > full story -
Lemur "Juliet" Dies In Madagascar
November 22, 1999 — Efforts to rescue a highly endangered species of lemur were dealt a setback with the death early Friday morning of the lemur known as Juliet, in a Madagascar zoological park where she was being ... > full story -
Shedding Light On The Origin Of Primate Color Vision
November 9, 1999 — Researchers at the University of Chicago have found evidence that trichromatic or full color vision originated in prosimians, a group of lemurs, Bush Babies and pottos rather than in higher primates, ... > full story -
Lemur "Juliet" May Be New Subspecies; No Mate For "Romeo"
November 4, 1999 — Duke University primatologists who have just returned from an expedition to capture a mate for a rare lemur "Romeo" report that the "Juliet" they captured may be a previously unknown ... > full story -
A "Juliet" Is Found For The Rare Lemur Romeo
October 20, 1999 — A Duke University Primate Center expedition to rescue a rare species of lemurs from a dwindling forest in the depths of Madagascar has captured two of the animals, a male and a ... > full story
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