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Proboscis monkeys show social behaviors uncomfortably familiar to humans

The video examines proboscis monkeys, a primate species known for behaviors that closely resemble human social patterns. Scientists study their group structure, communication, and mating strategies to ...
ucdavis.edu

Using Genetics to Understand Decision-Making in Monkeys

UC Davis Ph.D. candidate Abigail Morris is studying how environmental factors influence the decisions individual monkeys make when they disperse from their family groups in the Amazon. (Courtesy photo ...
insider.si.edu

Howler monkeys. Behavior, ecology and conservation / Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, Bernardo Urbani, Dionisios Youlatos, editors

Part I. Introduction. 1. Why is it important to continue studying the behavioral ecology and conservation management of howler monkeys? / Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, ...
Scientific American

These monkeys are literally eating dirt to help digest human junk food

Not content with ruining their own appetite with junk food, tourists in Gibraltar may also be turning the stomachs of the region’s iconic feral macaques. Monkeys in the tourism hotspot have apparently ...
Miami University

A63 - Turn-taking behavior in woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii) at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador

Vocal exchanges in human and nonhuman primates has become a promising avenue of research in understanding the evolution of human language1,2. Vocal exchanges in human and nonhuman primates has become ...