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Primates

I learned to answer emails from this book about primate behavior

Email is governed by the rules of dominance hierarchy, which is central to the games we social primates are wired to play.

06 September 2024, 04:30 IST

I learned to answer emails from this book about primate behavior

I learned to answer emails from this book about primate behavior

I learned to answer emails from this book about primate behavior

06 September 2024, 04:30 IST

Primate power plays and human politics

Human political behaviour has roots in our evolutionary relatives, particularly chimpanzees and non-human primates in general. This is aptly expressed as “chimpanzees are almost too human to be true,” reflecting what is called phylogenetic continuity or inheritance.

07 July 2024, 20:57 IST

Primate power plays and human politics

Primate power plays and human politics

Primate power plays and human politics

07 July 2024, 20:57 IST

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food

The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved large brains involves a feedback loop: smarter animals use their intelligence to find food more efficiently, resulting in more calories, which provides the energy to power a large brain.

31 May 2024, 06:55 IST

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food

31 May 2024, 06:55 IST

Bannerghatta park gets 6 baboons from Singapore

The primates are native to the Horn of Africa region along with parts of the Arabian Peninsula.

28 March 2024, 20:20 IST

Bannerghatta park gets 6 baboons from Singapore

Bannerghatta park gets 6 baboons from Singapore

Bannerghatta park gets 6 baboons from Singapore

28 March 2024, 20:20 IST

Traditional medicine poses threat to primates in NE

Several tribes are killing and using body parts of at least 7 out of 11 primate species to prepare traditional medicines

27 September 2021, 13:59 IST

Flesh, blood and bones: Traditional medicine poses threat to primates in the Northeast

Flesh, blood and bones: Traditional medicine poses threat to primates in the Northeast

Traditional medicine poses threat to primates in NE

27 September 2021, 13:59 IST

Getting a peek into the life of primates

The show portrays the emotional, thoughtful and caring and fearsome side of primates

17 August 2021, 07:06 IST

Getting a peek into the life of primates

Getting a peek into the life of primates

Getting a peek into the life of primates

17 August 2021, 07:06 IST

Nasa killed 27 monkeys in its research center in 2019

These primates were ageing and 21 of them were found to have Parkinson's disease

01 April 2021, 10:22 IST

27 monkeys held by Nasa were euthanised in a single day in 2019: Report

27 monkeys held by Nasa were euthanised in a single day in 2019: Report

Nasa killed 27 monkeys in its research center in 2019

01 April 2021, 10:22 IST