From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest
nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that …

Females of some Old World primate taxa advertise their sexual receptivity with exaggerated
sexual swellings. Although a number of hypotheses have been proposed, the function of this …

The last decade's lemur research includes successes in discovering new living and extinct
species and learning about the distribution, biogeography, physiology, behavior, and …

Based on field studies spanning nearly 40 years, this reference book summarizes and
integrates past research with new and previously unpublished information on the behavioral …

Primates include a wide variety of mammals from the relatively ancient lineages of lemurs on
Madagascar and tiny tarsiers of Southeast Asia to the gorillas of montane Africa. Of course …

The amylase gene (AMY), which codes for a starch-digesting enzyme in animals, underwent
several gene copy number gains in humans (Perry et al., 2007), dogs (Axelsson et al …

Because primates display such remarkable diversity, they are an ideal taxon within which to
examine the evolutionary significance of group living and the ecological factors responsible …

Both diet and host phylogeny shape the gut microbial community, and separating out the
effects of these variables can be challenging. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was …

AH Harcourt, a well-known professor of anthropology at the University of California, has
published papers on gorillas since 1978 and KJ Stewart has worked with him since 1987 …

Populations that have survived extensive habitat loss may still face extinction owing to a time
lag between initial habitat loss and eventual population collapse. Using island …