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New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'

New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the co ...





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54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains

54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ...


Early skeleton sheds light on primate evolution (AP)

47-million-year-old fossil could shed light on primate family tree

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported "missing link" between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed ...


The common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes may have originated in Asia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new primate fossil in Myanmar (formerly Burma) lends weight to the hypothesis that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes (anthropoid primates) originated in Asia, and not in Africa. ...


'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...


What are you looking at?

What are you looking at?

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...


Study revises understanding of primate origins

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created Jan 17, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A new study led by a University of Florida paleontologist reconstructs the base of our family tree and extends its roots 10 million years, a finding that sheds new light on the origin and earliest stages of primate evolution.


Discovery of the oldest known elephants relative

Discovery of the oldest known elephant relative

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Emmanuel Gheerbrant, paleontologist at the Paris Museum (France), discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant order. The study is published in the PNAS journal.


Skeletons of D. szalayi

Paleontologists discover most primitive primate skeleton

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created Jan 23, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The origins and earliest branches of primate evolution are clearer and more ancient by 10 million years than previous studies estimated, according to a study featured on the cover of the Jan. 23 print edition ...


The African origin of anthropoid primates called into question

The African origin of anthropoid primates called into question

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Well-preserved craniodental fossil remains from two primate species have been discovered during excavations at an Algerian site. They reveal that the small primate Algeripithecus, which is 50 million years ...


Exploring reactions to inequality

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When primates don’t get the same rewards as their peers, they often refuse them. A Georgia State University researcher is exploring why this reaction happens, and how reactions to inequality have evolved in related species, ...



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