We welcome the comment by Heymann & Fuzessy to our recent paper onpalm fruit colours and primate colour vision. Heymann & Fuzessy question whether palms (Arecaceae) are a good model system to understand thediversification of (trichromatic) primates. We used a macroecological and macro-evolutionary comparative …

A long-standing hypothesis in ecology and evolution is that trichromatic colour vision (the ability to distinguish red from green) in frugivorous primates has evolved as an adaptation to detect conspicuous (reddish) fruits. This could provide a competitive advantage over dichromatic frugivores which …

Primates spend very much time and energy on perpetuating and maintaining mutual ties. In humans, grooming has given way to chatting and gossip. While smalltalk is sometimes di?cult to understand for neurodiverse (autistic) persons, the need for bonding and interconnection is universal. As a civilized …

This is a research about the occupation probability of primates and their predators in the Issa Valley in Tanzania, and about the influence of predator presence on the occupation of the primates.

Alle trauma’s die voorkomen op de fokafdeling van resusapen van het BPRC moeten door de dierverzorgers gemeld worden aan de dierenartsen via King Kong Pro, de agenda van het gebouw en in ernstige gevallen via telefonisch contact. De ernst van een trauma bepaalt de manier waarop deze gemeld moet worden. …

Anthropology is traditionally broken into several subfields, physical/biological anthropology, social/cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and sometimes also applied anthropology. Anthropology of the environment, or environmental anthropology, is a specialization within the field …

Het aantal wilde berberapen in Marokko neemt drastisch af. Een van de redenen hiervoor is de handel in jonge berberapen. Elk jaar worden er 300 tot 500 uit de populatie gevangen om verkocht te worden op de markt van de grote steden in Marokko en vervolgens naar Europa te worden gesmokkeld om als huidier …