Wild Gorilla Happy Meal Time Songs
Many animals, including chimpanzees and bonobos, have food related calls… But aside from anecdotal reports, there was no evidence of …
Tag Archives: primate
A New Primate Species From Myanmar Points To “Out Of Asia”
In the current early edition of the journal PNAS a new paper raises a suggestion that the common primate ancestor originated …
Environmental Enrichment for Captive Primates: Recent Article on the Importance of Gum for Zoo Monkeys
By: Kristin Abt A recent article in the journal, Zoo Biology, discusses the current lack of gum enrichment for certain …
The Semantics of Vervet Monkey Alarm Calls: Part I
Anti-predatory alarm calls are important for social animals to alert others of approaching predators. Without the presence of “language”, some …
Habitat Fragmentation’s Effect on an Endangered Indian Primate, the Lion-tailed Macaque
By: Kristin Abt The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) is an endangered cercopithecine primate native to the Western Ghats region of …
Contagious Yawning in Chimpanzees
Animation of chimpanzee yawning from Emory University. Illustration from BBC News. I’m sure we are all familiar with this scenario: …
The Fongoli Chimps of Senegal
A Fongoli chimp. Photo by Frans Lanting, National Geographic. I just stumbled upon this on Twitter (Thanks to DarwinMonkey). It’s …
Humans Evolved From Tree Climbers
A research from Duke University by Daniel Schmitt, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and Tracy Kivell, a post-doctoral research associate, …
Wild Spider Monkeys use Tools to Scratch Their Body
A Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey hanging on the branch. Photo from Primate Info Net. Wild Geoffroy’s Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) or …
New Branch of Archaeology: Paleoanthropology Meets Primatology
A chimpanzee mother using rocks (hammer and anvil) to break open nuts, an example of tool use in primates. Photo …
