Primatologists

Animal Friendships: My cover story for Time magazine | The Loom

9 Feb 2012

I’ve got a story on the cover of the latest issue of Time. It’s about the evolutionary origins of friendship. For a number of scientists, friendship–in a deep sense of the word–is not limited to our own species. The fact that friendship may be a widespread biological phenomenon could help us better understand why it has such a positive effect on our own health. If you’re interested in the ...

First Sabahan primatologist

7 Feb 2012

TUARAN: A local Sabahan, Andy Martin Ginal Martin, has become the first fully qualified primatologist in the State. [...]

The only primate to communicate in pure ultrasound

7 Feb 2012

A tarsier could be screaming its head off and you would never know it. Uniquely among primates, some of its calls are made up of pure ultrasound