While homophobes have long claimed that homosexuality “isn’t natural,” a newly published study found over 59 different primate species that exhibit same-sex sexual behaviors (SSB). This finding ...

In mammals, social behavior and social status can substantially influence the survival, reproductive performance, and health of individuals. However, it is not yet fully understood how the translation ...

Adaptation and behavior in the primate fossil record / Callum F. Ross ... [et al.] -- Functional morphology and in vivo bone strain patterns in the craniofacial region of primates: beware of ...

In a lab tucked away on the Yale University campus, researchers are quietly observing a pair of marmoset monkeys. The ...

Humans are far from the only primates engaging in same-sex sexual activity. A new study found instances in which 59 nonhuman primate species, including bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques, have taken ...

Inequality is not unique to human groups and societies. Individuals with relatively little power possess a variety of ...

"One result of nine-month 'Primate project' held at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, during 1962-1963. Organized by Sherwood L. Washburn and David A.

A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye concerning the strong role of genes in determining the social behavior of nonhuman primates. A team of researchers at the University of Oxford ...

Nonhuman primates are our closest living relatives, and no other group of mammals can remind us of ourselves the way nonhuman primates do. We will start this course by examining the phylogeny, ...

A new study, published today by the scientific journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, provides an interesting overview of the relative frequency in which same-sex behaviors have been observed in an ...

The graduate program in biological anthropology at CU Boulder offers training in several areas, including primatology, human biology, and paleoanthropology. We share an interest in human ecology, the ...