Natives of the Ethiopian Highlands, gelada monkeys' teeth do not seem suited to their diet. With those massive canines, one would assume the gelada to be a carnivore. However, they prefer to eat ...

Because tooth shape varies with fracture properties of the foods that primates eat, relationships between dental form and function can teach us about the diets of our distant ancestors. Aristotle ...

Endangered pygmy slow loris Ernest and black-capped squirrel monkey Nuka are now recovering ... and two of Nuka's teeth – a canine and incisor – needed extracting. After they removed the ...