Primates

Articles About Primates

• Magazine Department Article

  Orangutan—King of the Treetop Trapeze

  

  Jan. 7, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  With their red hair and funny faces, orangutans have won a place in our hearts. But they stand out, even among apes, for other reasons too.

• In-Depth Article

  What Would a Monkey Say If It Had a Mind to?

  

  Jan. 17, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Though monkeys can’t imitate human language despite speech-ready vocal tracts because of their brains’ wiring, their versatile alarm calls meet their needs.

• In-Depth Article

  Do Babbling Bonobos Decipher the Evolutionary Secrets of Baby Talk?

  Aug. 29, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  If additional tests reveal bonobos actually are communicating with one another, the authors’ evolutionary leaps will still be groundless.

• Magazine Department Article

  Champions of the Chimp

  April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
• In-Depth Article

  Can Orangutans Talk Like Humans?

  

  Jan. 31, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Does a "talking" orangutan fill the gap between monkeys and humans in the evolution and origin of human language?

• Research Paper

  Do Chimp Alarm Calls Reveal How Human Language Evolved?

  Nov. 7, 2013 from News to Know

  Does the chimpanzee ability to see-a-snake and sound-a-signal recapitulate the evolutionary underpinnings of human language?

• Research Paper

  Show and Tell: What Can Chimps Tell Us?

  June 17, 2013 from News to Know

  Are there “striking similarities” in ape and human communication, and what do they mean?

• Primordial Primate Similar to Squirrel

  Oct. 27, 2012

  Primordial primate said to have scampered about the trees in ancient Montana.

• Clue to How Human Behavior Evolved

  July 7, 2012 from News to Know

  Gentle gorilla "gestural motherese" said by some to be a clue to how human behavior evolved.

• Easing Out of Hammocks

  April 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Easing out of hammocks into earthbound beds presumably helped apelike ancestors awaken to new possibilities.

• Chimpanzees Are Excellent Listeners

  

  July 9, 2011

  Panzee passes her phonics test, and Nim stars in a movie.

• Magazine Article

  Gamboling Gibbons

  

  Jan. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  No human acrobat ever attempted the kind of superhuman feats that gibbons perform every day.

• Chimps Help Each Other Too

  Oct. 24, 2009 from News to Know

  Chimps, especially mothers and their offspring, help each other. While that makes them “more similar to humans than previously thought,” does it mean we’re all just apes?

• Apes Are Smart, Not Creative

  Aug. 1, 2009 from News to Know

  Chimpanzees have proven to be quite skillful at learning certain basic tasks—particularly those related to obtaining food—but even evolutionists have to admit that “technological innovation and improvement seem to be uniquely human traits.”

• Whistling Orangutan Clue to Language Evolution

  Jan. 3, 2009 from News to Know

  Is that the sound of a wolf whistle or an orangutan whistle we hear?

• Bonobos Less Humane Than Once Thought

  Oct. 18, 2008 from News to Know

  They may not be outright cannibals, but even so, bonobos are decidedly less “humane” than once thought.

• Monkey See, Monkey Talk: Ape Communication

  June 2, 2007

  Researchers are astounded by ape communication skills.

• Simian Sign Language

  May 5, 2007

  Simian use of gestures is the latest evidence of evolution—at least, that’s the impression given by a BBC NEWS article describing research into how bonobos and chimpanzees communicate.

• Magazine Article

  Hitch-Hiking Lemurs

  Sept. 1, 1993, pp. 11–12

  Evolutionists used to think the lemurs got to Madagascar before the island broke off from Africa. Now they have to assume that the island was in its present place before these creatures arrived.

• Magazine Article

  Talking Monkeys

  Oct. 1, 1982, pp. 6–8

  An eccentric German, named Von Osten, set out to show that animals were as clever as men. He spent two years educating a horse which became known as Clever Hans.