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Apes and monkeys understand syntax-like structures

Across the globe, humanity flourishes by sharing thoughts, culture, information, and technology through language – an incredibly complex method of communication used by no other species. Therefore, finding out why and when language evolved is crucial to understanding what it means to be human. However,... click to read more

Stuart K. Watson | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

primates

communication

Language evolution

animal behaviour

syntax

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Oct 6, 2021

Food for thought: recipe for bigger brains

There are hundreds of species of primates spread all across the globe that vary greatly in both brain size and intelligence. At the extremes, the great apes (our closest living relatives) have brains that are slightly larger than those of newborn humans, while mouse lemurs... click to read more

Alexandra R DeCasien | PhD student at Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, USA

evolution

brain size

primates

brain evolution

Reading time 4 min

published on Sep 4, 2017