The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Spider monkeys share food knowledge by changing groups, helping everyone find fruit faster in forests across seasons and ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

When spider monkeys want to tell others about the best fruit trees in the forest or ones they've missed, they do so by ...

Japan's snow monkeys soak in hot springs for thermoregulation and to relieve stress – a new study suggests there is another ...

Spider monkeys share “insider knowledge” about where to find the best fruit trees in the forest rather than foraging at random, research has found. The monkeys constantly change their social subgroups ...

If you lose your sight, you make up for it with other senses. If one arm is amputated, you learn to do twice as many things ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to ...

They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes.

The team thinks this means that the cingulate cortex manages the social purpose and context of the facial gesture, which is ...

Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...

Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact ...