Evolutionary Anthropology

Humans aren’t the only ones who can tell when someone’s beliefs don’t match reality -- our primate relatives can too. Photo by Lileluba, Wikimedia Commons.

October 6, 2016

Apes Understand That Some Things Are All in Your Head

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Lemurs

September 23, 2016

How to Get a Lemur to Notice You

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June 23, 2016

Dogs are a wonderful source of comfort after a tragedy — here's why

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April 27, 2016

Three Juniors Honored With Faculty Scholars Award

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April 20, 2016

For baboons, a tough childhood can lead to a short life

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A male ring-tailed lemur stops to sniff the scent of another lemur. Lemur males mix and match their smelly secretions to make richer, longer-lasting scents and outstink their rivals, researchers report. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

April 19, 2016

Lemurs Mix Smelly Secretions to Make Richer, Longer-Lasting Scents

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April 15, 2016

Why bearcats smell like buttery popcorn

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The binturong, or bearcat, is neither a bear nor a cat, but a shy member of the civet family that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Binturongs owe their popcorn-like scent to a chemical compound in their urine that also happens to be the major

April 13, 2016

Why Bearcats Smell Like Buttered Popcorn

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In his 50 years of fossil-hunting Duke paleontologist Elwyn Simons helped uncover the remains of thousands of extinct animals, ranging from 500 years to 55 million years old, many of which now reside in a red brick building on Broad Street known as the D

March 9, 2016

Fossil Expert and Primate Conservationist Elwyn Simons Dies at 85

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February 22, 2016

Download and 3D-print real fossils for free

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February 22, 2016

12 Duke Graduates Named Fulbright Scholars

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February 22, 2016

Two Junior Faculty Named 2016 Sloan Fellows

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February 17, 2016

Free Site Lets You Download and 3-D Print Fossils

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Too much elbow room raises alarm in prairie voles. Photo courtesy of Aubrey M. Kelly, Cornell University

January 19, 2016

Togetherness Relieves Stress in Prairie Voles

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Two adult male chimpanzees groom each other in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Photo by Steffen Foerster, Duke University

January 15, 2016

Gregarious Chimps Harbor Richer Gut Microbiomes

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January 12, 2016

Brian Hare comments: Bullied by classmates, this Georgia teen can now bring her service dog ‘Carson’ to school to cope

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