From ancient forests to human roots: how early primates learned to see, grasp, and live in trees.
Some of Earth's oldest primate fossils show teeth hinting at a diet of gritty, rock-like seeds—harder than modern gorilla fare.
Early primates used mirror-image, curved claws for grooming, not grasping, suggesting prehensile skills evolved far earlier than thought.
Ancient primates likely slept in groups to guard dawn predators, a social behavior centuries before complex human cooperation.
The first primates may have hybridized across continents, exchanging genes with distant species via seasonal woodland corridors.
Some of Earth's oldest primate fossils show teeth hinting at a diet of gritty, rock-like seeds—harder than modern gorilla fare.
Early primates used mirror-image, curved claws for grooming, not grasping, suggesting prehensile skills evolved far earlier than thought.
Ancient primates likely slept in groups to guard dawn predators, a social behavior centuries before complex human cooperation.
The first primates may have hybridized across continents, exchanging genes with distant species via seasonal woodland corridors.
