Humans are really bad at healing. But that also helped us survive
It's a quirk tied to our thick skin, sweat glands, and sparse body hair.
Tag: primates
Same-Sex Behavior Is Surprisingly Common in Animals — Humans Are No Exception
Some people claim same-sex attraction is "unnatural." Biology says otherwise
Chimps and bonobos rub their genitals to maintain peace
New research reveals that both bonobos and chimpanzees use sexual behavior to ease social tension
Bonobos Know When You’re Clueless — Their Theory of Mind Explains Why
The bonobos eagerly pointed out treats to humans who didn’t know where they were, but when humans had watched the ...
The hands of great apes tell a story about our own evolution
Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate ...
Alcohol consumption in the natural world is way more common than you thought
Ethanol is more than a human invention. New research reveals how animals across ecosystems encounter and adapt to ethanol.
Primate males with more ornamentation seem to have smaller testes, a new study finds
Don't judge a book by its cover; nor an orangutan by his cheek flanges.
Wild cats’ brains evolve to a different tune than those of primates, study finds
Same organ, different needs.
Study suggests that primates prefer alcohol in their nectar
Looks like happy hour isn't just a human thing.
The family that walks on all-fours does not constitute reverse evolution
In 2006 , the BBC aired a fascinating documentary that featured that featured a family of five siblings from a ...
Which came first: the dexterous hand or the agile foot?
Shape of the hand and foot in two primate species. The fingers are represented independently (colour coded) in the primate ...
Primate howl hints towards origins of human speech
The gelade make strange sounds that biologists keenly describe as being similar to those produced during human speech. (c) Thore ...
Origins of alcohol consumption traced back to 10-million-year-old common ancestor
Now, I'm not advocating alcohol consumption, but truth be told most of us take alcohol for granted, and I'm not ...
New slow loris species discovered in Borneo is already threatened
Biologists have identified a new species of small nocturnal primates, part of the slow loris family, in Borneo's forests. Don't ...
Cooking food helped early humans grow bigger brains
The pyramids, art, all of the world's great inventions, literary works, just about any valuable intellectual work can be traced ...
Dead gene is resurrected in humans
This is what researchers believe to be the first true comeback of a gene in the human/great ape lineage; the ...
