Being human: Big toe clung on longest to primate origins Our big toe was one of the last parts of the foot to become human-like, as our early ancestors evolved to walk on two legs. Source
Palm oil: A new threat to Africa’s monkeys and apes? Large-scale expansion of palm oil in Africa will very likely risk the lives of primates, a study finds. Source
The farmers using sewage to make saris As groundwater supplies dwindle in rural India, farmers turn to wastewater to grow crops like mulberry, which is used to make silk. Source