The diet of early anthropoids—the ancestors of apes and monkeys—has long been debated. Did these early primates display behaviors and diets similar to modern species, or did they have much humbler ...

A new study challenges the long-held idea that early primates began in warm tropical forests. Fossil and climate evidence suggests some early primates may have lived in cold, dry North American ...

Most people imagine our early primate ancestors swinging through lush tropical forests. But new research shows that they were braving the cold. As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs ...

For decades, the story of primate origins seemed straightforward. Early primates were thought to have emerged in warm, humid forests before spreading across the world. The idea fitted neatly with what ...

A tiny tooth can disappear between your fingertips without much effort. Yet some of the earliest clues to our own ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...