Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. What Is a New World Monkey? -- What is a monkey? -- What is a platyrrhine? -- Platyrrhines and catarrhines -- Platyrrhine taxonomy - ...
The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...
Thirteen million years ago, a group of medium-sized monkeys known for guarding their territory among the treetops with fearsome "howls" started doing something new. These monkeys, among the oldest ...
This photograph shows two species from the study by Toussaint et al. – a raccoon (Procyon lotor) and mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) – climbing on vertical supports. Researchers have shed new light on ...
An extinct relative of the howler monkey may have been the first leaf-eating primate in South and Central America ...
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If evolution is real, why are there still monkeys? Scientists reveal the surprising answer
When you learned about the history of human evolution in school, there's a good chance you were shown one all-too-familiar image. That picture probably showed a conga line of human-like creatures, ...
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