News tagged with primitive primates
New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'
According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the co ...
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Study shows early primate had a transitional lemur-like grooming claw
Celebrities are channeling a distant relative with what Harper's Bazaar describes as the latest trend in nail fashion for 2012: claws. But this may not be the first time primates traded their nails for claws.
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New fossils of oldest American primate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the first ankle and toe bone fossils from the earliest North American true primate, which they say suggests that our earliest forerunners may have dwelled or moved ...
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga's sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion.
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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Revealing how experts’ minds tick
Primates, particularly humans, are set apart from other vertebrates by more than a huge expansion of the cerebral cortex, the region of the brain used for thinking. The connection and coordination of the cerebral ...
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Analysis of teeth suggests modern humans mature more slowly than Neanderthals did
A sophisticated new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach full maturity. The finding suggests that our characteristically ...
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Nov 15, 2010 |
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Fossil find puts a face on early primates (w/ Video)
When paleontologist Iyad Zalmout went looking for fossil whales and dinosaurs in Saudi Arabia, he never expected to come face-to-face with a significant, early primate fossil.
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Jul 14, 2010 |
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Brain Versus Gut: Our Inborn Food Fight
(PhysOrg.com) -- The relatively larger human brain makes us the most intelligent of the primates. But if we're so smart, how come we've eaten our way into an obesity epidemic? One reason is the relatively ...
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Discovery of stem cell illuminates human brain evolution, points to therapies
UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex - the site of higher cognitive function -- and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion ...
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May 25, 2010 |
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Discovery of a primate more than 11 million years old
Catalan researchers have discovered in the rubbish dump of Can Mata in the Vallčs-Penedčs basin (Catalonia) a new species of Pliopithecus primate, considered an extinct family of primitive Catarr ...
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Researchers reveal ancient origins of modern opossum
A University of Florida researcher has co-authored a study tracing the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the dinosaurs and finding evidence to support North America as the center of ...
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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