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 cold truth The new scientific study, by Jorge Avaria-Llautureo of the University of Reading and other researchers, maps the geographic origins of our primate ancestors and the historical climate ...

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The common ancestors of all modern primates might have flourished in cold winters, not the warm jungle. Plus, peer reviewers are more likely to approve articles that cite their own work and what’s ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Twelve primates at a large animal sanctuary in Texas have died after suffering a power outage amid the historically cold weather that has slammed the state and left millions without ...

A team of researchers, led by University of Colorado Boulder primatologist Michelle Sauther, found that the consequences of climate change are disproportionately affecting smaller primates from two ...