Tag Archives: tropics

Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics

Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics

Most people imagine our early primate ancestors swinging through lush tropical forests. But new research shows that they were braving the cold. As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs in the field in Uganda and Madagascar, I am fascinated by the environments that shaped our primate ancestors. These new findings overturn decades of assumptions about how – and …

Read More »