Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside ...

In many primate species, males are much larger than their female counterparts, which is generally attributed to male ...

Although about half of primate species play as adults with other adults, a team of international researchers has just ...

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are small and simple; others are large and more layered. Over the decades, ...

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The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

Foreword / Jane Goodall -- Overview -- How to use this book -- Protecting and conserving primates -- Notes on primate taxonomy and species concepts / Colin Groves -- Cladistic classification of the ...

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, ...

In the "sky islands" of the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa, two closely related species of primate jostle for space. One is the thick-tailed greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), also ...