To study complex diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists and clinicians analyze how genes change and malfunction in other ...

A squirrel-sized primate with white hair dancing out of its ears, the common marmoset finally may dispel tired stereotypes about promiscuous fathers in the animal kingdom. When psychologists exposed ...

The first complete marmoset genome provides a high-quality genetic reference, uncovering new immune genes, ...

Language distinguishes us humans; we learn it through experience and social interactions. Especially in the first year of life, human vocalizations change dramatically, becoming more and more language ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. common marmoset monkey, Callithrix jacchus Marmosets are small, adorable monkeys native to South America, but it would be unwise ...

In speech and music, words and notes depend on each other. Humans are highly sensitive to such dependencies, but the evolutionary origins of this capacity are poorly understood. Cognitive biologists ...

The sequences not only depend on the context, but also follow certain rules. The findings of the study are among the first evidence of such structured communication between animals. However, it is ...

Scientists from the University of Leipzig and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology found that male common marmosets are able to detect the fertile phase of females based on changes ...

If there was an award for the cutest animal in a major role, it would have to go to Mona, a common marmoset, for her performance in the Monterey Zoo's education program. She's now retired and resides ...

When we talk to one another, we take turns. This simple rule seems to apply to all human conversation, whether the speakers are English city-dwellers or Namibian hunter-gatherers. One person speaks at ...