A car backfires, and your shoulders jump. A shadow moves, and your eyes fly open before your brain catches up. That dramatic ...

By Aimable Twahirwa The fact that primates other than humans engage in homosexual behavior is well-documented. A recent study ...

WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are ...

A new investigation led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, and ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ancestors hunted, cooled themselves and survived.

Co-diversification of gut microbiota with primate species. Credit: Nature Microbiology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01388-w A new study finds that hundreds of bacterial groups have evolved in the ...

A team in the Hübner and Diecke Labs at the Max Delbrück Center have shown how human and non-human primate hearts differ genetically. The study, published in “Nature Cardiovascular Research,” reveals ...

It would halt lifesaving discoveries and place patients at risk ...