Why Are Humans Primates? | Smithsonian
2012年10月29日 · These are simple questions to answer from a genetic perspective—humans share more DNA with lemurs, monkeys and apes than they do with other mammals.
Lemur - Wikipedia
Lemurs are generally the most social of the strepsirrhine primates, living in groups known as troops. They communicate more with scents and vocalizations than with visual signals. Lemurs have a relatively low basal metabolic rate, and as a result may exhibit dormancy such as hibernation or torpor.
What Lemurs Can Teach Us About Human Evolution
2015年6月12日 · Ranging today from animals the size of a mouse to that of a large house cat (and, until not very long ago, up to the size of a gorilla), lemurs have smaller brains relative to their body sizes than we “higher” primates do, and they depend much more on the sense of smell.
Tiny Genetic Differences between Humans and Other Primates …
2014年9月1日 · In 1871 Charles Darwin surmised that humans were evolutionarily closer to the African apes than to any other species alive.
Evolution of lemurs - Wikipedia
Two species, the common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) and the mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz), can also be found on the Comoro Islands, although it is assumed that both species were introduced to the islands from northwestern Madagascar by …
Considering Lemurs on Our Quest to Understand Human Evolution
2017年12月12日 · We focused our activities on how we combine lab work with fieldwork to study wild lemur populations. Yet, some people were confused. We were, after all, standing in the middle of the Hall of Human Origins. Lemurs, part of the Strepsirrhine clade, are humans’ most distant living primate relatives.
Human-Lemur Coexistence in a Multiple-Use Landscape
2022年3月2日 · Using data on sifaka behavior and spatial distribution, and the frequencies of anthropogenic activities, we found that sifakas increased vigilance and their height above the ground in response to certain human-related activities, notably those of domestic dogs.
Our closest relatives – a visual tour of the primates
2011年3月17日 · Few groups of animals hold such special significance for us as the primates – the apes, monkeys, lemurs and more. This is the group that we are a part of. Its members are familiar and ...
Research Overview - Duke Lemur Center
The Duke Lemur Center houses more than 200 individual animals representing 13 species. We are home to nocturnal, diurnal, and cathemeral animals, as well as species that encompass a wide range of social systems, modes of locomotion, and dietary preferences.
Missing lemur link ancestral step evolution human behaviour ...
Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and society building and how these aspects of social living relate to those found in the anthropoid primates.