Primates Portal
Welcome to the Primates Portal, the place where anyone can learn about primates, their evolution, anatomy and behavior, as well as explore all of the hundreds of known primate species. The primate family includes gibbons, chimpanzees and humans, as well as distant primate relatives such as tarsiers.
It's easy to explore the primate tree... just hover on
« Primates to the left, navigating with the mouse and clicking on individual branches to learn more.
The Primate Portal project is just starting, and we're looking for contributors to help expand it. The Primate Portal is part of the Tree of Life Portal and the Earth Portal, which in turn are part of the overal Digital Universe Project.
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Featured Article
Primates
Photo: Ring-tailed Lemur A primate (pronounced /ˈprаɪmeɪt/, us: prī′·māt) is a member of the biological order Primates (/prаɪˈmeɪtiːz/ prī·mā′·tēz; Latin: "prime, first rank"),...
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Featured Blog Post
Should We Clone Neanderthals?
If Neanderthals ever walk the earth again, the primordial ooze from which they will rise is an emulsion of oil, water, and DNA capture beads engineered in the laboratory of 454 Life Sciences in...
Featured Resource
The Bonobo Conservation Initiiative
The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) is a non-profit (USA: 501-c3) organization based in Washington, D.C. and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our mission is to promote conservation of the bonobo and its tropical forest habitat in the Congo...
