primate
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How the Largest Primate Ever Went Extinct
The largest primate in our family tree went extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago, and its existence has been known to humankind for less than a century. Now, a team of researchers has reviewed the ancient records and devised a more specific extinction window for our huge fallen relative, Gigantopithecus blacki, and pointed out…
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Great Apes Caught Spinning Themselves Just to Get Dizzy
Researchers studied videos of great apes spinning and found that the animals are deliberately getting dizzy; the team believes that the behaviour may have implications for humankind’s occasional exploration of altered states of mind.
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Mysterious Monkey Mayhem: Macaques Are Suddenly Terrorizing People in Southwestern Japan
In just the past few weeks, wild monkeys have attacked at least 58 people in and around the city of Yamaguchi in southwestern Japan, and no one seems to know exactly why, according to a report from the Associated Press. “I have never seen anything like this my entire life,” city official Masato Saito told…
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Monkeys Living Near Florida Airport Connected to 1948 Zoo Escape
For over 70 years, a small population of African green monkeys has been thriving in a mangrove forest near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. A team of researchers recently conducted a genetic analysis to determine the monkeys’ origin story, and it turns out that they’re longtime Florida residents and likely descendants of a 1948…