What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

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They acquired certain traits that would characterize mammals ever afterward: limbs positioned under the body, an enlarged brain, a more complex physiology, milk-producing glands, and a diverse ...

A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how sexual selection influences how entire genomes develop. Sexual ...

What developmental mechanisms ensure that some morphological traits (e.g., heart size in mammals) scale more or less isometrically to body size, while others (e.g., brain size) scale ...

It probably feels obvious that having a close friend can influence your well-being. But do the groups that you're a part of ...

From the top of Shifting Sands dune in the Serengeti Plain of Africa a million mammals are in motion. Wildebeests. Zebras. Gazelles. The plain is black with them. It is wildebeest calving season ...

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with male reproductive traits, such as body size or colour. Additionally, genomic ...