A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to a Modern Weight-Loss Diet When it comes to weight loss, how we eat and expend our calories is more important than what we eat
Preparation Can Help Dogs Cope with Their People Returning to Work Millions of people returning to the workplace means millions of pups left home alone –...
You Can Snuggle Wolf Pups All You Want, They Still Won’t ‘Get’ You Quite Like Your Dog After 14,000 years of domestication, dogs have some of the same cognitive abilities as human babies. DURHAM, N.C. -- You know your dog gets your gist when you point and say “go find the ball...
Sweeping Analysis Concludes There’s No Cheating Old Age Researchers compare pace-of-aging across 39 populations of humans and primates DURHAM, N.C. – Special diets, exercise programs, supplements and vitamins -- everywhere we...
Stress and Death in Female Baboons -- as Measured by Hormones in Poop Chronic levels of stress hormones shorten the lives of female baboons DURHAM, N.C. -- Female baboons may not have bills to pay or deadlines to meet, but their lives...
A Male Baboon’s Dominance Gives Him Babies, but Costs Him Years Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up aging DURHAM, N.C. -- Some guys have it all: the muscle, the power, the high social status, the...
Humans Evolved to Be the Water-Saving Ape New study suggests humans evolved to run on less water than our closest primate relatives. DURHAM, N.C. -- When you think about what separates humans from chimpanzees and other apes, you...
Learning From Our Closest Relatives Duke's primate researchers search for the ties that bind, and what makes a child succeed or fail Duke's primate researchers travel the globe to observe wild primates, including the...
