New research shows Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, can track pretend objects, suggesting the roots of human imagination go back 6-9 million years to our common ancestor. #CognitiveEvolution #PrimateResearch #HumanOrigins https://www.primatology.net/p/a-bonobo-tracks-imaginary-juice

Africa: Who's Got the Power? Studies of Male and Female Primates Show It's Not Simple: [The Conversation Africa] Our understanding of female-male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, species with pronounced female power over males were presented as exceptions in a landscape of… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN6pxP #Africa #PrimateResearch #FemaleEmpowerment #AnimalBehavior #EvolutionaryBiology

🌳 Deforestation is forcing langurs 🐒 into crossbreeding! Genetic studies @DPZ_eu reveal alarming hybridization between two endangered langur species in Bangladesh. #Deforestation #PrimateResearch #SpeciesExtinction dpz.eu/en/home/single-view/news/waldverlust-zwingt-languren-zu-kreuzungen-zwischen-arten.html
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2024/09/27/forest-loss-forces-langur-species-to-interbreed