Science news articles about 'evolution of primates'

... , allowing researchers to make the first virtual mold of a primitive primate brain. "Most explanations on the evolution of primate brains are based on data from living primates," said lead author ...

... gene expression in the brains of male and female primates from three species: humans, macaques, and marmosets. ... power of natural selection processes during the evolution of primates. Lead author Björn ...

... , and did not disappear long ago through evolutionary variation and mutation. The evolution of primates into many different families and hundreds of species has been carefully tracked through genetic, ...

... way. "It allows us to put a timeline on the evolution of primate lentiviruses," said Robert Shafer, MD ... divide the two branches, giving mainland primates limited opportunities to swap germs with lemurs ...

A beautifully preserved 47-million-year-old fossil gives scientists new insights into the early evolution of primates.