Primates

Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.

The primates include not only the apes, but also man.

Primates are plantigrade animals.

Their movement is very different from other primates, in particular in the shoulder joint.

Orangutans and chimpanzees are the primates that most closely resemble humans in shape and stature.

Humans and monkeys are primates.

It is the 25th of March of 2015. Once again, war is on the mind of Lulu Islanders. What really is the current state of weapons technology? Are they great enough to damage the resilience of the biosphere? Or, do enemies want to use biological warfare, to spread a deadly virus of some sort? Common people think of fire when they think of war. However, a big war may not be of fire. Some still hold to the idea of raining hot missiles, a torrent of nuclear bombs. But biological weapons may not destroy valuable real estate. Yes, humans are still fighting primates. Racial intolerance is a sign that people still cannot live in peace. The real hope is that there is the probability of life beyond this Earth. Even if humans were to destroy themselves, there would be life elsewhere, outside of Earth. Such is the real hope.

Ziri achieved notoriety for his work on primates.

The report challenges the notion that the Ebola virus is mainly carried by three species of fruit bats. It found numerous potential animal carriers including rodents, primates, hoofed mammals, civets and shrews.

Jo Setchell is a primatologist at Durham University in Britain. She studies primates, the group of mammals that includes gorillas, chimps, monkeys, gibbons, mandrills, and lemurs. And, of course, humans.