Capuchin monkeys learn by watching tolerant group members. Social bonds shape knowledge transfer and culture in monkeys.

New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.

Monkeys, like humans, have an in-built ability to spot snakes ultra-fast, and new research suggests scales are a key visual ...

For many Americans, director Michael Gracey’s kaleidoscopic portrait of the Brit-pop sensation’s career will double as an ...

Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an analysis of ...

Study published in PNAS by researchers from Brazil and the UK shows that primates from the Brazilian semi-arid biome are able ...

Learn about new research that examined fossilized teeth to confirm the vegetarian diets of Australopithecus, our ancestor ...

Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, smaller gut size, and increased stature.

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

Even monkeys and human infants who have never encountered ... "This may be because during evolution our primate ancestors evolved a visual system to identify scales, which are characteristic ...

A study of capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) in the Serra da Capivara National Park – located in the state of Piauí, Brazil, in the semi-arid ...