Primates are one group (order) of mammals that evolved about 65 million years ago (mya). The early primates were probably small tree-dwelling (arboreal) animals that hunted for insects at night. Today we recognize at least 167 living species in the...

Primates are an order of mammals. Most primates are characterized by well-developed binocular vision, a flattened, forward-oriented face, prehensile digits, opposable thumbs (sometimes the first and second digits on the feet are also opposable), five...

Biologists classify species into a nested series of groups or taxa (see TAXONOMY); the term primate labels one such taxon, at the classification level called an Order, a group within the more inclusive Class Mammalia. The primate order presents great...

Surprisingly few non-human primates have been used in the more than forty-five years of space exploration. Some of these missions were essential for humans to travel into the near reaches of space. A total of twenty-nine non-human primates have flown...

A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including humans.[2] Primates are found all over the world. Non-human primates...

THE DELUGE AND THE ARK A Journey Into Primate Worlds By Dale Peterson Houghton Mifflin. 378 pp. $24.95 Every primate species but one-the grandiosely self-labeled Homo sapiens-depends upon a distinctive habitat, principally tropical forest. But our tropical forests are...

Introduction to the Primates, by Daris R. Swindler. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 1998. xv + 284 pp. $23.50 (soft cover). When I first began teaching an integrated introductory primatology course in 1973, I was fortunate to use as a text Wilfred...

A team of anthropologists said their study of South Texas fossil deposits revealed evidence including ancient teeth that shows the area was home to numerous types of primates 42 million years ago.Lamar University Professor Jim Westgate and two colleagues announced the discovery of three new...

Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.Of the world's 394 primate species, 114 are classified...