Monkeys live throughout Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. They’re distinct from other types of primate, like great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, gibbons) and ...

Fossil teeth can be used to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned using a new technique developed to study teeth from human infants and monkeys (Nature, May 22, 2013). Using the technique, the ...

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A close-up of a monkey holding a toothbrush and appearing to brush its teeth, mimicking human behavior. The warm indoor lighting and focused expression give the scene a humorous and relatable feel, ...

The macaques of Japan’s Koshima Island are a clever bunch. Well known for performing some remarkably complex tasks, such as washing sweet potatoes and filtering wheat from sand in the seawater, ...

Teeth have a story to tell, and sometimes that story has a surprising twist. Researchers have long studied the arrangement and condition of teeth to determine an animal’s age, diet, health and even ...

The macaques of Japan’s Koshima Island are a clever bunch. Well known for performing some remarkably complex tasks, such as washing sweet potatoes and filtering the wheat from sand in the seawater, ...

Teeth from an extinct monkey species are a clue to the ages of fossils of human ancestors throughout South Africa. A study from UO anthropologist Stephen Frost and a team of colleagues updates the ...