Genomic and functional co-diversification imprint African Hominidae microbiomes to signal dietary and lifestyle adaptations [PDF]
Gut MicrobesIn the diverse landscape of African hominids, the obligate relationship between the host and its microbiome narrates signals of adaptation and co-evolution.
Saria Otani +17 more
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Saltations of c is-regulatory modules in Canidae and Hominidae [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDogs, which were segregated from wolves about thirty thousand years ago, show unique human-similar social-cognitive abilities. However, the genomic basis accounting for the phenotypic saltation between dog and wolf remains unclear.
Jianhui Shi, Linting Wang, Lei M. Li
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Multidimensional primate niche space sheds light on interspecific competition in primate evolution [PDF]
Communications BiologyCharacterising how the totality of primate diversity is distributed across the order, and how it evolved, is challenging because diversity in individual traits often show opposing phylogenetic patterns.
L. A. van Holstein +3 more
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Left ventricular trabeculation in Hominidae: divergence of the human cardiac phenotype [PDF]
Communications BiologyAlthough the gross morphology of the heart is conserved across mammals, subtle interspecific variations exist in the cardiac phenotype, which may reflect evolutionary divergence among closely-related species.
Bryony A. Curry +16 more
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Neopterin as a Tool for Primate Ecoimmunology: Current Knowledge, Practical Application, and New Directions From Captivity to the Wild [PDF]
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 87, Issue 10, October 2025.Neopterin is a sensitive and specific biomarker of intracellular pathogen infection and chronic inflammation, and affected by environmental, life‐history, and sex‐contextual factors. This review offers best‐practice guidelines and practical advice on sample collection, storage, and analysis in primates when used for ecoimmunological conservation and ...
Verena Behringer, Caroline Deimel
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Phenotypic and Genotype Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in Non-Human Primates: An Overlooked “One Health” Concern [PDF]
AntibioticsNon-human primates (NHPs) are close relatives of humans and can serve as hosts for many zoonotic pathogens. They play crucial role in spreading antimicrobial resistant bacteria (AMR) to humans across various ecological niches. The spread of antimicrobial
Juan Wen +4 more
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Comparative Sulcal Morphology of the Late Miocene Fossil Ape, Rudapithecus hungaricus [PDF]
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives Endocasts of fossil hominoids are exceedingly rare. The only fossil ape endocast analyzed in detail is that of Ekembo nyanzae (KNM‐RU 7290), from the early Miocene of Kenya. Two partial crania of Rudapithecus hungaricus, from the late Miocene of Hungary, preserve sufficient details to reconstruct large amounts of endocranial ...
Griffin A. Assance +2 more
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Reduced Adult Neurogenesis in Humans Results From a Tradeoff Rather Than Direct Negative Selection [PDF]
BioEssays, Volume 47, Issue 9, September 2025.Embryonic radial glia (RG) generate neurons, glial cells, and later adult neural stem cells, which sustain adult neurogenesis (top, left to right). Human‐specific genetic modifications (blue arrow), selected to boost early RG neurogenic activity, may lead to premature RG exhaustion and reduced adult neurogenesis in the human brain (bottom).
David Morizet, Laure Bally‐Cuif
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Nature Communications, 2022 The transcription factor network required for primordial germ cell (PGC) specification is known to diverge in mammals. Here the authors show that hominidae-specific transposable element (TE) LTR5Hs becomes transcriptionally active during PGC ...
Xinyu Xiang +9 more
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Preliminary Assessment of Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) Cognition Using Digital Cognition Testing Software and Touchscreen Technology [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2023 Studies of nonhuman primate cognition have traditionally employed subjects from the monkey (Cercopithecoidea) and ape (Hominidae) lineages, with relatively much less examination of the phylogenetically intermediate gibbons (Hylobatidae).
Gina M. Munir, Paul M. Nealen
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