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Urination can be socially contagious among humans, and scientists observed the same behavior among 20 chimpanzees over 600 hours. The study revealed that the primates urinated simultaneously ...
The behavior has now been observed in a separate troop of macaques nearly 400 miles away A Japanese deer standing on a paved area, surrounded by trees in a park setting. Image credits: Hoi Wai ...
The term "Machiavellian intelligence" originates from the primatologist Frans de Waal, who noted that the behaviors of primates was so elaborate that it could perhaps be compared to political behavior today. [5] Primatologists Nicholas Humphrey, Andrew Whiten and Richard Byrne were instrumental in developing this theory.
Forty-three primates remain on the loose in a South Carolina town, two days after escaping from a research laboratory, authorities said Friday. As of midday Friday, the monkeys "have not yet been ...
Primate archaeology is a field of research established in 2008 that combines research interests and foci from primatology and archaeology.The main aim of primate archaeology is to study behavior of extant and extinct primates and the associated material records.
Primate sociality is an area of primatology that aims to study the interactions between three main elements of a primate social network: the social organisation, the social structure and the mating system. The intersection of these three structures describe the socially complex behaviours and relationships occurring among adult males and ...
Human activity is a big part of the problem when it comes to threats to the Sumatran orangutan. Some threats can be reversed with the enforcement of current laws and habitat conservation efforts.
Specialized glands are used to mark territories with pheromones, which are detected by the vomeronasal organ; this process forms a large part of the communication behavior of these primates. [71] In Old World monkeys and apes this ability is mostly vestigial, having regressed as trichromatic eyes evolved to become the main sensory organ. [146]