The evolutionary history of the primates can be traced back 57-90 million years. One of the oldest known primate-like mammal species, Plesiadapis, came...

Primates arose 85–55 million years ago first from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted to living in the trees of tropical forests: many primate characteristics...

The evolution of color vision in primates is highly unusual compared to most eutherian mammals. A remote vertebrate ancestor of primates possessed tetrachromacy...

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...

The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes /ˈsɪmi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/) of primates containing all animals traditionally called...

monkeys, but strepsirrhine primates (suborder Strepsirrhini). The simians' sister group, the tarsiers, are also haplorhine primates; however, they are also...

Lemurs, primates belonging to the suborder Strepsirrhini which branched off from other primates less than 63 million years ago, evolved on the island of Madagascar...

extensive understanding of the biology, behavior, and health of primates. Mouse lemurs are categorized as prosimian primates. They are among the smallest...

adaptive radiation of mammal species Evolution of cetaceans Evolution of horses Evolution of primates – Origin and diversification of primates through geologic...

tip of the digits (fingers and toes) of all primates, corresponding to the claws in other tetrapod animals. Fingernails and toenails are made of a tough...

; STREP-sə-RY-nee) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies")...

role in the evolution of primates. It has also been shown that cis-regulatory elements changes affect the transcription start sites (TSS) of genes. 471...

detection hypothesis, suggests that snakes have contributed to the evolution of primates' visual system. According to the theory, predatory pressure from...

Fears, Scott; Woods, Roger (2014). "Evolution of the Central Sulcus Morphology in Primates". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 84 (1): 19–30. doi:10.1159/000362431...

various forms of cancer. The study of Alu elements has also been important in elucidating human population genetics and the evolution of primates, including...

primates in their natural habitats and in laboratories by conducting field studies and experiments in order to understand aspects of their evolution and...

no fixed definition of a large primate, it is typically assessed empirically. Primates exhibit the highest levels of sexual dimorphism amongst mammals...

non-human primates: exploitation, resource competition, parental manipulation, sexual selection, and social pathology. Infanticide in non-human primates occurs...

is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals. It is absent from the human penis, but present in the penises of some primates, such as the gorilla and...

Primatomorpha is a proposed mirorder of mammals containing the orders Dermoptera (or colugos) and Primates. Primatomorpha is sister to Scandentia, together...

given species. History of life Evolution of primates Evolution of ungulates Evolution of even-toed ungulates Evolution of odd-toed ungulates Genome diversity...

listing of the various platyrrhine families, as defined by Rylands & Mittermeier (2009), and their position in the Order Primates: Order Primates Suborder...

Prosimians. Evolution of mammals List of primates The division of the order Primates into two evolutionary grades, Prosimii ("lower primates") and Anthropoidea...

that while primates may not possess morality in the human sense, they do exhibit some traits that would have been necessary for the evolution of morality...

research focus is in the origin of modern orders of mammals and he is a leading expert on the evolution of primates and whales. Gingerich was among the...

tails due to a mutation of the TBXT gene. In traditional and non-scientific use, the term ape can include tailless primates taxonomically considered...

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes...

and humans are both primates. Ancestral primates had brown eyes, as most primates do today. The genetic basis of blue eyes in humans has been studied in...

Evolution is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne...

highest in primates with multi-male breeding systems, and lowest in primates with single-male breeding systems. Compared to other animals, and primates in particular...