Primate locomotion and evolution encompass the diverse adaptations that have enabled primates to negotiate complex arboreal environments. Throughout their evolutionary history, primates have ...

Normally, researchers assess the locomotor behaviors of extinct animals, including primates, by examining limb bones. However, frequently the only fossilized remains found are from the head.

Seen here, a microelectrode array and a silicon model of a primate's brain, ... "With the system turned on, the animals in our study had nearly normal locomotion." ...

A brain–spine interface alleviating gait deficits after spinal cord injury in primates. Nature , 2016; 539 (7628): 284 DOI: 10.1038/nature20118 Cite This Page : ...

Knowing the type of locomotion used by many fossil species—walking upright on the ground or climbing from branch to branch with ... 3D technology to study key areas in brachiating primates ...

The researchers, who describe their work in the journal Nature, say this is the first time a neural prosthetic has been used to restore walking movement directly to the legs of nonhuman primates.

"Primates that use arboreal locomotion more frequently — such as orangutans or bonobos — develop more elbow flexor muscles, such as the brachialis. In contrast, ...

An international team of scientists has used a wireless "brain-spinal interface" to bypass spinal cord injuries in a pair of rhesus macaques, restoring intentional walking movement to a temporarily ...

Scientists have discovered a universal pattern of brain waves in multiple primate species, including humans. This pattern of electrical activity is seen in the six layers of tissue that cover the ...