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Primates in the News
Anatomy/Physiology
- For Early Primates, a Night Filled With Color (New York Times; April 1, 2013)
- Tarsiers' Bulging Eyes Shed Light On Evolution of Human Vision (ScienceDaily; March 27, 2013)
- Monopoly of the Male Orangutan: Comparative Field Observations On Sumatra and Borneo (ScienceDaily; March 5, 2013)
- Chimps' baby teeth don't predict weaning (ScienceNews; January 28, 2013)
- Chimps' gut bugs look similar to human ones (USA Today; November 13, 2012)
- Measuring metabolism can predict Alzheimer's progress with 90 percent accuracy (EurekAlert; November 7, 2012)
- New Study Shows Effects of Prehistoric Nocturnal Life On Mammalian Vision (ScienceDaily; October 31, 2012)
- Why chimpanzees can donate blood in movies (Discover; October 23, 2012)
- Our big brains may make us prone to cancer (NewScientist; October 15, 2012)
- Primate of the Opera: What Soprano Singing Apes On Helium Reveal About the Human Voice (ScienceDaily; August 12, 2012)
- Chimpanzees vs. Humans: Sizing Up Their Strength (ABC News; July 2, 2012)
- Out of the mouths of primates, facial mechanics of human speech may have evolved (EurekAlert; June 20, 2012)
- The Mysterious Brain of the Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur, the World's Only Hibernating Primate (Scientific American; June 18, 2012)
- The Scientist: Prof. Finlay Examines Primate Visual System Evolution (Cornell Daily Sun; March 28, 2012)
- Each Flick of a Digit Is a Job for All 5 (New York Times; February 27, 2012)
- Aye aye 'heats up' middle finger (BBC News; January 17, 2012)
- More than Just Pretty Faces (Scientific American; January 16, 2012)
- Funny Facial Features Tell Monkeys Who's Who (LiveScience; January 11, 2012)
- Blame backbone fractures on evolution, not osteoporosis (EurekAlert; October 19, 2011)
- Northwestern University study shows testosterone drop for new dads (KXTV, Sacramento, California; September 14, 2011)
- Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates (ScienceBlog; August 15, 2011)
- Life Cycle of a Primate's Bite (New York Times; July 4, 2011)
- Nature's guide to immortality (BBC; June 1, 2011)
- Odd Form of 'Love' Hormone Found in Some Monkeys (LiveScience; March 15, 2011)
- Five-year effort produces a registry of blood types for captive great apes (Washington Post; January 3, 2011)
- Study examines primate's guts (Yale Daily News; November 17, 2010)
- Humans and apes have mothers to thank for their large brains (ANI; September 7, 2010)
- Stress Hormones Could Predict Boxing Dominance (Wired; August 18, 2010)
- Couch-potato orang-utans make most of rainforest fruit (New Scientist; August 2, 2010)
- Orangutans More Energy Efficient than Any Primate (Discovery News; August 2, 2010)
- Chance find leads to vision insight (ABC News, Australia; July 26, 2010)
- Fast Feet: A Springy Step Helps Humans Walk (NPR; July 19, 2010)
- Vision experiment in color-blind squirrel monkeys remains strong (Appleton Post-Crescent; July 19, 2010)
- Hormone study finds monkeys in long-term relationship look strangely human (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; July 12, 2010)
- Is 'red' the same to all creatures? (CNN; June 24, 2010)
- Human bite tougher than apes (Herald Sun; June 22, 2010)
- Why are human females so obsessed with penis size? (Guardian; May 6, 2010)
- Detective mice help scientists study baboons (MSNBC; May 4, 2010)
- A Bushel of Facts About the Uniqueness of Human Pubic Hair (Scientific American; March 1, 2010)
- The Naked Truth: Why Humans Have No Fur (Scientific American; February 1, 2010)
- Monkeys Are Canaries in Lead Mine (Scientific American; January 8, 2010)
- Toxicants Detected in Asian Monkey Hair May Warn of Environmental Threats to People and Wildlife (ScienceDaily; January 4, 2010)
- Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times (ScienceDaily; December 22, 2009)
- Why King Kong Failed to Impress: Humans, Apes Use Odor-Detecting Receptors Differently (ScienceDaily; December 9, 2009)
- Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior (EurekAlert; November 4, 2009)
- Precuneus region of human and monkey brain is divided into 4 distinct regions (EurekAlert; November 2, 2009)
- Key Feature Of Immune System Survived In Humans, Other Primates For 60 Million Years (ScienceDaily; August 22, 2009)
- Previously Unseen Effects Of Protein Buildup In Diabetic Baboons' Pancreases Found (ScienceDaily; July 20, 2009)
- CARTA to Digitize Extensive Primate Collection (HPC Wire; June 15, 2009)
- Urban Myth Disproved: Fingerprints Do Not Improve Grip Friction (ScienceDaily; June 12, 2009)
- The Secret To Chimp Strength (ScienceDaily; March 30, 2009)
- Color Vision: How Our Eyes Reflect Primate Evolution (Scientific American; March 2009)
- Gibbon feet provide model for early human walking (EurekAlert; December 15, 2008)
- Anthropologist Assembles And Copies Skeleton Of Extinct Lemur (ScienceDaily; November 17, 2008)
- Dian Fossey's Gorillas Exhumed for Investigation (National Geographic News; September 24, 2008)
- Baby's smell tamps down dad's testosterone levels (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; September 3, 2008)
- Zoo's gorillas get heart checkups (San Francisco Chronicle; August 28, 2008)
- Researchers Test Canine Tooth Strength for Clues to Behavior of Early Human Ancestors (Innovations Report; June 27, 2008)
- Primate's scent speaks volumes about who he is (The Hindu; June 25, 2008)
- Ancient lemur finger poses mystery (UPI; March 24, 2008)
- Prenatal Exposure To Maternal Antibodies Linked To Autistic Behaviors In Offspring (ScienceDaily; February 12, 2008)
- Wild Chimpanzees Appear Not To Regularly Experience Menopause (ScienceDaily; December 13, 2007)
- New Type of Retinol Cell Discovered in Primates (National Science Foundation; October 29, 2007)
- Color Night Vision In The Aye-Aye, A Most Unusual Primate (Science Daily; September 4, 2007)
- Virtual skull to help design crash helmets (ABC Online, Australia; August 8, 2007)
- Which came first: Primates' ability to see colorful food or see colorful sex? (EurekAlert; June 25, 2007)
- Sexual selection had an important influence on primates brains (News-Medical.net; May 13, 2007)
- Rivalry leaves its mark on primate brains (New Scientist; May 10, 2007)
- An Eye for Camouflage (ScienceNOW Daily News; January 9, 2007)
- Monkey Deodorant Smells Sweet (Discovery News; November 29, 2006)
- Why our shifty eyes don't drive us crazy (Innovations Report; November 10, 2006)
- OHSU primate center research suggests multiple 'body clocks' (EurekAlert; May 22, 2006)
- What the ape can tell us about that horrific human drug trial (Times Online; May 2, 2006)
- Primates developed color vision for mating (MSNBC; March 2, 2006)
- Colour vision evolved to spot our blushes (New Scientist; February 10, 2006)
- Expectant dads get chubby (Nature; February 1, 2006)
- Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds (University of Wisconsin-Madison News; February 1, 2006)
- Male monkeys, too, gain weight when their mate is pregnant (Wisconsin State Journal; January 31, 2006)
- Animal research suggests perimenopause is a critical time for women's health (EurekAlert; December 5, 2005)
- Help for the Sleep-Deprived Brain (PharmaLive; December 5, 2005)
- Researchers Find That Color Perception Is Not Innate, But Acquired After Birth (ScienceDaily; July 27, 2004)
- Early Primates Saw the Light (Science Now; September 26, 2005)
- Why are humans and apes so different? Is it in the hormones? (Medical News Today; September 27, 2005)
- New findings in taste and smell research (Medical News Today; April 12, 2005)
- Monkey business: Studies show tiny callimicos have unusual characteristics (EurekAlert; June 15, 2004)
- Synthetic Hormone Used In Contraceptives And HRT Produces Negative Effects In Monkey Studies (ScienceDaily; June 8, 2004)
- Monkey vocal ability investigated (BBC News; December 20, 2004)
- Putting a Face on the Past (Science Now; December 13, 2004)
- Seeing What an Extinct Monkey Saw (Science; May 7, 2004)
- Are Humans Furless to Thwart Parasites? (National Geographic News; June 17, 2003)
- Colour vision ended human pheromone use (New Scientist; June 16, 2003)
- El origen de la vision en colores (BBC Mundo; March 15, 2001)
- Monkeys learn to see what's coming (Independent Online, South Africa; November 29, 2002)
- Monkeys make us see red (Wired; March 14, 2001)
- Scents and sense ability (Genome News Network; March 7, 2003)
- Three Inferior Prefrontal Regions Of The Brain Found Receptive To Somatosensory Stimuli (ScienceDaily; November 21, 2002)
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