Colorful primates don't have better color vision, study finds

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Colorful primates don't have better color vision, study finds

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Primate species with better color vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur coloration, as previously thought.

The findings, titled "Primate coloration and color vision: a comparative approach," are published this week in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, suggest that red skin and/or red-orange fur may be beneficial for use in social communication even in primate species that don't have particularly good color vision.

Read More: phys.org