Happy #InternationalMacaqueWeek 🙌🏼 On Yakushima island, sika deer (Cervus nippon) coexist with Yakushima macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui), a subspecies of Japanese macaques indigenous to the island. 🐒🦌 Video credits: Morgane Allanic @primatesinthewild on Instagram (1/2)

Researchers observed a community of wild East African chimpanzees digging wells after observing the skill from an immigrant chimp from another group. The astonishing research was published in the journal Primates. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chi…

Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques Article in #AnimalBehavior (Animal Behavior Society) by Clare Kimock Lauren Brent Constance Dubuc & NYU Primatology: tinyurl.com/4ucyrs4b #Primates #Primatology

The difference in brain size between two samples of the same mountain gorilla population taken 30 years apart is more than the difference separating any two species of early hominins. Source: McFarlin et al. 2013 doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22…

The most complete of the Homo erectus fossil skulls from Indonesia is Sangiran 17. The fossil represents an individual who lived sometime between 900,000 and 790,000 years ago. Photo: Jim Hickcox

My friend @kateapemcgrath and I wrote a version of our peer-reviewed article for a scientific journal that is for kids and reviewed by kids! Frontiers for Young Minds a really cool initiative and they made some adorable art for our piece. It just came out today! kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Did you know… gorillas share about 98% of their DNA with humans! #extendedfamily #gorillas #nature 📸: J.P. Samedi Mucyo

"Adult unflanged males break down our gendered expectations of who is “normal” and how male bodies evolve. A diversity of body shapes, sizes, and desires exist, and our evolutionary narratives are capable of reflecting that if we let them." click.email.americananthro.org/?qs=74c5835856…

1. Zoe is an Orangutan who lives at a VA zoo. She was orphaned when she was 9 months old so she never had the chance to learn how to be a mom or breastfeed So when Zoe gave birth to a boy, a zookeeper brought in her own son and breastfed him in front of Zoe so she could learn.

Racist and sexist depictions of human evolution still permeate science, education and popular culture today theconversation.com/racist-and-sex… via The Conversation U.S.

How have I never noticed this? Over half of orangutans have big toes (hallux) that congenitally lack both a nail and a distal phalanx! (Tuttle and Rogers, 1966) What?! I think you can see it in these pictures here. Wow.

If there is a discussion of ethics regarding both human skeletons and living apes, why not ape skeletons? In our new paper, out today in Evolutionary Anthropology, we discuss ethical considerations in great ape skeletal remains research! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev… @kateapemcgrath Dr. Stephanie Canington

Between 1914-1988, the most common name for an orangutan in a US or European zoo was "Jiggs", with at least 11 individuals named this between 1927-1966! More orang zoo history to come from Sarah Primate and Hominid Evolution Fun Facts- Dr. Alexandra Kralick

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists affirms our support of trans lives. Please see the full text of our statement on our website: bioanth.org/about/position…

In our new publication in @socscimed, we propose a Gender Hypothesis to explain apparent sex differences in adverse drug events (ADEs), using data from the Federal Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS).🧚🪄🧚‍♂️ doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

Just out in GLQ from Duke University Press, we review the state of modern genetic studies of sexuality, describe the techniques and technologies used, and highlight areas of concern. read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article/30…

Are you passionate about feminist science? Come work with us at the GenderSci Lab!! We are recruiting for a 2-3 year lab manager position starting between April through June 2024. Full description and application information here: genderscilab.org/blog/the-gende…