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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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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.
www.livescience.com
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
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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
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Ethnoprimatology: research examines the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples about primates in their territories
The primate species identified in the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land have symbolic meanings that are deeply associated with the cultural, ecological and mythological elements of the Paiter-Suruí peo...
theconversation.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Patricia Wright discusses discovering new lemur species and the latest subfossil finds from Madagascar, including clues to ancient ecosystems and early human presence:
Patricia Wright | Lemur Discoveries, Madagascar Fossils, and Founding Centre ValBio
YouTube video by Our Primate Past
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June 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Will tropical dry forests survive the next 50 years?
In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the rainy season watching the tropical dry forest from inside a shack. At nigh...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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🎥 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...
m.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Stumpy rings in 39th birthday with world record as the longest-living lemur
Ring-tailed lemur Stumpy celebrates turning 39 with birthday cake and a new Guinness World Records title!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Female baboons with strong relationship to fathers found to live longer
Study suggests role of male parents may be under-appreciated in some primate species
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Early apes lived in a constantly changing world of fire and ash
Apes lived in this changing environment, which helped shape their evolution.Their behavior and diet were influenced by the landscape.
www.earth.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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New research reveals the first apes evolved in tropical forests
Research shows the earliest apes – ancestors of modern great apes and humans – evolved in tropical forests in the shadow of a violent volcano.
cosmosmagazine.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Why can’t we stop feeding monkeys? Experts explain the reasons behind a dangerous habit
Recent research explores what drives this human behaviour.
theconversation.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Gelada monkey vocalizations offer insight into human evolution: Study
With their bright red, hairless chests and grass-grazing lifestyle, gelada monkeys are quite unusual. They are the only primate, other than humans, to primarily live on land instead of in trees, and a...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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When monkey researchers spent 36 days watching baboons, they discovered something very 'human' about the way they walk:
When monkey researchers spent 36 days watching baboons, they discovered something very 'human' about the way they walk | Discover Wildlife
New research uncovers the surprising truth behind the mysterious march of these wild primates – and it’s got nothing to do with predators or food.
www.discoverwildlife.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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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...
scitechdaily.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM