The Primates order has traditionally been divided into two main groupings: prosimians and simians. Prosimians have characteristics most like those of the earliest primates, and included the lemurs of Madagascar, lorisiforms, galagos, and tarsiers. Simians included the monkeys and apes. I’m not exactly sure where we belong but I would suppose it would be simians [...]

Because of their genetic similarities to humans primates are particularly suitable in medical studies. They are common choices for testing in the development of new drugs. They are also used in the study of diseases. Primates are actually being cultured for this purpose. There are hardly cases of primates being used in research that come [...]

When my son started first grade, he was more open to the idea of me leaving him inside the classroom. He no longer cries when he sees me going out the door. I think a big factor that helped keep him occupied is the animal fossil replica displayed on one side of their classroom. It’s [...]