Howler Monkeys Part 4: References and Cited Works
I hope if you read this far in this four part series, that you enjoyed reading about one of the most enigmatic New World monkeys. […]
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Howler Monkeys Part 2: Dietary Needs and Habits
Howler Photo by princessangel Milton’s Study on and Island in the Panama Canal Milton studied two groups of mantled howlers on Barro Colorado Island in […]
Howler Monkeys Part 3: Vocalizations
Howler Photo by JeanKearn Perhaps the most familiar characteristic of the howler monkey are their vocalizations for which they are named. Howlers, both male and […]
Howler Monkeys Part 1: General Characteristics
Afarensis has been doing his weekly “Know Your Primate” series, so I hope he won’t mind if I toss in my bit on the howler […]
Gorillas Get Sodium From Tree Bark
I remember my Primate Evolution class and the mention that Gorillas chew bark and spit it out. The hypothesis, according to my professor, was (if […]
Stone Tools of a new Hominid Species?
On 5/23/06, I blogged about Homo floresiensis: New Species or Modern Human? and I mentioned the debate over whether H. floresiensis represents a new species […]
Homo floresiensis: New Species or Modern Human?
One of the more fascinating debates in anthropology right now is the explanation of LB1, a.k.a. “the Hobbit,” –the proposed new hominid species Homo floresiensis. […]