7 stories tagged with #primates, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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TIL about Snake Detection Theory (SDT), which proposes that snakes contributed to the development of advanced visual systems in primates. Individuals with stronger vision would be better able to recognise snakes and escape from them, therefore passing on their genes to the next generation.
Slow lorises struggle to survive in the wild after captivity
The wild can be a “death trap” for rescued slow lorises, one of the world’s most trafficked primates, according to a recent study, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Researchers fol…
Why Is Nearly Person Right-Handed—But Not Every Ape and Monkey? New Research Explores the Evolutionary Origins of Human Handedness
Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research…
Humans are the only primates with a lopsided hand preference
Of all the monkeys and apes scientists have studied, no species shows a population-level hand preference. Individual primates often have strong biases, and chimpanzees, gorillas, a…
New report reveals sharp rise in online sale of primates on social media in US
Researchers found over 1,600 primates listed for sale on Facebook, TikTok and more over a six-week period in 2025 A new report from leading wildlife and conservation organizations …
Why Did Humans Evolve to Favor One Hand Over the Other?
Why Did Humans Evolve to Favor One Hand Over the Other?: Whoever heard of a right-handed monkey?…
The reason nearly all humans are right-handed
Oxford study links human right-handedness to bipedalism and larger brains across primate evolution.…