#Primates

JJ Shavit

Tooth study prompts rethink of human evolution

A study into tooth wear in a group of wild Japanese macaques has significant implications for the study of human evolution.

JJ Shavit

Humans and other primates have evolved less sensitive noses

Everyone experiences smells in their own unique way – the same scent can be pleasant, too intense or even undetectable to different noses.

JJ Shavit

Primates' ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid

Computer models, fossil records and information from living mammals revealed that most of the surviving mammals did not rely on trees.