Study tracks how adaptations to living in cold climate promoted social evolution in Asian colobine primates

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Jun 1, 2023, 6:00 pm462 ptsHot
Asian colobines, also known as leaf-eating monkeys, have been on the planet for about 10 million years. Their ancestors crossed land bridges, dispersed across continents, survived the expansion and contraction of ice sheets and learned to live in tropical, temperate and colder climes.

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