"In what could prove to be a landmark discovery, a leading paleontologist said scientists have dug up the 47 million-year-old fossil of an ancient primate whose features suggest it could be the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes and humans."http://online.wsj.

This is a few weeks old, but I never saw it here..

Previously undiscovered population of orangutans found in Borneo

They're thinking several hundred, maybe even 1,000 or more. Good news for orangutan enthusiasts!

A friend of mine who is going to be TAing for this course asked me to post this here:

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At a research site in Fongoli, Senegal, a female chimpanzee breaks off a branch, chews the end to make it sharp, then uses this rudimentary spear to skewer a tasty bushbaby hiding inside a hollow tree. The footage represents an astonishing breakthrough for primate researchers: It's the first time anyone has documented a chimpanzee wielding a ( Read more... )

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Hey community... I'm in the midst of collecting research for a term paper in my vertebrate paleontology class. My topic: morphological adaptations for (and/or evolution of) tree-climbing in primates. I've found some pretty awesome stuff, but I just thought I'd check here to see if anyone knows of a really great paper I shouldn't miss ( Read more... )

NEW DELHI - A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem ( Read more... )

Nine fossilised teeth found in Ethiopia are from a previously unknown species of great ape, Nature journal reports.

The 10 million-year-old fossils belong to an animal that has been named Chororapithecus abyssinicus by an Ethiopian-Japanese team ( Read more... )

Do any of you have any experience with being hired by a primate rescue organization? I'm sure I'd have to do an internship with them first, but I'm wondering how often they actually hire/how well they pay, since they all seem to be non-profit organizations, and probably can't afford to employ many people. I'm graduating with my BA in Anthropology ( Read more... )

Research in Brazil has produced fresh evidence that primates may have something approaching human "culture ( Read more... )