In the course of evolution members of the primate line have acquired large eyes while the snout has shrunk to give the eye an unimpeded view.
"She did so much for the colony at Perth Zoo and the survival of her species," said primate supervisor Holly Thompson.
Further tests have led them to conclude that indeed these little primate relatives make toilet bowls out of the pitcher plant!
Our closest primate relatives--chimpanzees, for example--usually die before their 50s, when they are still fertile.
At the same time, remembering which plants produce fruit, where they are, and how to break them open could also help a primate grow a bigger brain.
Although scientists had been studying the primate for some time new research has revealed it is in fact a different species.
Therefore, the researchers concluded that previous research -- largely based on plaster casts made from the vocal tracts of a monkey cadaver -- underestimates primate vocal abilities and that evolution of human speech capabilities required neural changes rather than an adaptation of vocal anatomy.
Primate studies show that giving an S.
The eastern gorilla, the world's largest primate, is now endangered.
In fact, one analysis of 19 primate species found a dominant male had less control over reproduction if all females were receptive at the same time.
Researchers at Duke University compiled a database of sleep patterns of hundreds of mammals, including 21 primate species.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, brings to a close years of controversy about federally funded primate experimentation, and follows a 2013 decision by the N.
Obviously, they had dug up a fellow primate, but of what kind?
According to the keepers, it is quite common for a primate mother to abandon her baby.
As before, Mbulu pursued the primate into the tree.
Today the human brain is three times the size of our primate ancestors.
It gives strong evidence that ape and human laughter are related through evolution, said Frans de Waal of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta.
Frans de Waal of the Yerkes Primate Center at Emory University in Atlanta said the study is important because it shows the relationship between consolation and stress reduction.