Macaca fascicularis, or the crab-eating macaque monkey, may not look very human-like but this non-human primate is actually one of our closest genetic relatives and often used as a stand-in for ...

but in the instincts of a primitive part of the human brain? New research I conducted with rhesus macaque monkeys suggests that when it comes to decisions like voting, people are not nearly as ...

While humans, chimpanzees and other apes share ... yet they share common traits of intelligence and sociability. Some, like the spider monkey, effortlessly swing through branches, while others ...

Speaking to New Scientist about the latest discovery, he said: “In most tropical countries where these species live, humans log the ... He says if tree-dwelling monkeys like lemurs are to ...

But while many primates have mastered ways of manipulating the environment, says Poindexter, humans have a much more extensive “built environment” full of artificial structures. Monkeys, like humans, ...

previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study published in Science on Thursday.

Humans can get it from a bite or scratch from one of these monkeys or from contact with the monkey’s bodily substances like saliva, feces, urine, or other tissue, especially brain tissue.

It's technically a yodel, even though it might not sound much like the human version (cf. the recording of a tufted capuchin above). The monkeys' "ultra-yodels" had frequency leaps that were five ...

Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club ... because we think that social behavior is essentially what drove us humans to be so special compared to other animals," senior author ...