Research Reveals Our Ancient Primate Ancestors Gave Birth to Twins Regularly, It Was a Norm 60 Million Years Ago The case of ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

Based on mathematical modeling, the switch to singletons occurred early on, at least 50 million years ago. From there, many primate lineages, including ours, evolved to have increasingly larger ...

Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that encompasses 455 primates, every species for which genetic data are available.

For primates, and especially humans, childhood learning is crucial. We propose that the switch from twins to singletons was critical for the evolution of large human babies with large brains that were ...

Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them as a philosophical reminder of the ...

Twin births were common in ancient primates Evolution shifted primates to singletons for survival Modern trends show twin births rising with medical advances ...

For primates, and especially humans, childhood learning is crucial. We propose that the switch from twins to singletons was critical for the evolution of large human babies with large brains that were ...