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Primate Evolution

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3mo ago

Great Apes and Humans Share a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm in Laughter

Researchers say the conserved isochronous timing points to an ancestral vocal trait that helped build the vocal flexibility later used in human speech.

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7mo ago

Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

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7mo ago

Tiny Teeth Found in Colorado Extend Range of Earliest Primate Relative

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9mo ago

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus