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Primate Research and News @ourprimatepast.bsky.social · Jun 22
🎥 Just launched: Our Primate Past — a new YouTube channel featuring interviews with leading experts in primatology and biological anthropology. The first 3 interviews are uploaded, with new videos to be added every few days. Subscribe to stay updated!
Our Primate Past
Our Primate Past is a video interview series featuring leading experts in primatology, paleoanthropology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. Through accessible, time-stamped interviews, world-ren...
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Orangutans nap to make up for lost sleep, new study reveals
Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max P...
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June 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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"22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight" – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates | Discover Wildlife
Discover the strongest primates on the planet…
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February 8, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Risk-taking comes earlier in chimpanzees than in humans, study finds
Chimpanzees appear to be the biggest daredevils when they’re infants. Humans tend to take more chances and put themselves in the most danger in adolescence, so the expectation has been that chimpanzee...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Do apes have an imagination? A new study suggests Kanzi the bonobo did
This famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine
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February 6, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Continuous Audio‐Visual Sensor Monitoring Is More Effective Than Human Observers for Detecting Moor Macaques
Camera traps and PAM outperformed human transects in detecting moor macaques: sensors overcame point transect detectability after 2 days survey. Combining both audio-visual methods achieved highest d...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Monkey World in Dorset welcomes pet primate legislation
The new legislation requires new and existing private primate keepers to hold a licence.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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From the origins of Homo to fossil fieldwork in Africa, Dr Brian Villmoare explains how new discoveries are reshaping human evolution. Plus: where H. naledi and H. floresiensis fit in the hominin tree, best practices for fossil access, and whether Neanderthals and humans are the same species.
Brian Villmoare | Origins of Homo, African Fieldwork, and Cranial Evolution
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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February 2, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Deep in the Amazon, I discovered this monkey’s ingenious survival tactic
The red-nosed cuxiu monkey is like no other on the planet.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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Spider monkeys found to share ‘insider knowledge’ to help locate best food
Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruit
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January 26, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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For two of the world’s most at-risk primates, threats abound and the future looks grim
Between Nigeria’s Cross River and Cameroon’s Sanaga River lies one of West Africa’s largest remaining blocks of intact rainforest. Noisy groups of Preuss’s red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus preussi) m...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Matthew Borths | First Monkeys, Lemur Origins and North American Primates
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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January 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped out
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January 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Robert D. Martin | Primate Origins, Brain Evolution, and Evolutionary Medicine
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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September 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Early primates evolved in cold climates, not tropical jungles
Early primates evolved in cold North American climates 66 million years ago, enduring freezing winters before migrating to tropics.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers
Aye-ayes are remarkable thanks to their extra-long, bony middle fingers, which they use to locate grubs and pick their noses.
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August 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Born Free Foundation urges zoo boycott over great ape captivity
The charity calls on UK zoos, including Chester and Blackpool, to phase out the keeping of primates.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Orangutans make up for lost sleep with daytime naps, study finds
When it comes to sleeping, few animals are as fastidious as orangutans. Each evening, as twilight approaches, the tree-dwelling great apes meticulously weave a cup-shaped nest out of branches, twigs a...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Super exciting work on rhythm in chimpanzee drumming!! with very interesting implications for the origins of music!
July 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Chimpanzees Use Rhythmic Drumming To Communicate Across Forests
Chimpanzees drum rhythmically, suggesting the roots of human musicality may predate our species. New research by cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists has found that chimpanzees drum rhythm...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Colugo: The 'flying lemur' that doesn't fly and isn't a lemur
This big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry membrane that connects its limbs.
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July 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Whose turn is it? The question is at the heart of language and chimpanzees ask it too
Chimpanzees’ turn-taking shows skills that may have supported the evolution of human conversation.
theconversation.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Curious chimps and nosy kids: new study shows it’s only natural to love drama
In a new study comparing social curiosity in children and chimpanzees, researchers found that both species are drawn to social interactions.
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July 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Professor Bernard Wood discusses Homo and Paranthropus evolution, the Sahelanthropus femur, the taxonomy of H. naledi and H. floresiensis, and the importance of fossil access and data sharing in human origins research:
Bernard Wood | Hominin Taxonomy, Paranthropus Evolution, and Interpreting the Fossil Record
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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July 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Anna Nekaris | Loris Venom, Lorisiform Evolution and Conservation
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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June 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter
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June 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM