A researcher has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ...

Monkeys exhibited an immediate response to images of snakes and salamanders with snake skin, but not to images of salamanders without scale. Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has ...

Monkey see, monkey flee Humans' superior vision is the result of an evolutionary battle between snakes and our primate ancestors, a study of monkeys suggests. The study, published today in the ...

A Japanese researcher has found that a monkey’s ability to rapidly detect snakes is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. The findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of ...

SNAKES arouse sharp fear in monkeys, apes and humans due to specific brain cells that fire off a rapid warning for slithery danger, scientists have found. The report in the journal Science offers new ...