A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...

Primates - the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans - first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

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, ...

Scientists are debating the Earth's first creature, with evidence pointing to simple, sponge-like organisms emerging around 600-700 million years ago. These soft-bodied life forms predated the ...

AMSTERDAM — Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers from ...

Galveston's Moody Gardens is celebrating the rare birth of one of the world's most endangered primates. On Aug. 18, 2025, a baby Pygmy slow loris was born inside the Rainforest Pyramid, weighing just ...

Most primates today live in the tropics, and most primate fossils have been unearthed there too. But when the scientists behind the new study used fossil spore and pollen data from early primate ...