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American Society of Primatologists
The purposes of this Society are both educational and scientific. Our goals are to promote and encourage the discovery and exchange of information regarding primates, and anyone engaged in scientific primatology or who is interested in supporting these goals may apply for membership. The Society is established as a nonprofit corporation under the nonprofit laws of the State of Washington and the United States of America.
Anthropology Newsgroups: sci.anthropology[.paleo]
sci.anthropology is the general USENET newsgroup for anthropology. sci.anthropology.paleo is for the discussion of the evolution of the genus Homo, and more generally of the primates.
The founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the university to "develop our resources, increase our wisdom and promote human happiness." To these ends, the mission of the Duke Lemur Center is to promote research and understanding of prosimians and their natural habitat as a means of advancing the frontiers of knowledge, to contribute to the educational development of future leaders in international scholarship and conservation and to enhance the human condition by stimulating intellectual growth and sustaining global biodiversity. The Duke Lemur Center is funded by the National Science Foundation, Duke University and private donors.
The primary mission of the Living Links Center is to study human evolution by investigating our close genetic, anatomical, cognitive, and behavioral similarities with great apes. Apes may have retained traits in our common ancestor that we find hard to recognize in ourselves, or that we are not used to contemplating in an evolutionary light. While a century of studies have investigated how our physical attributes have been shaped by evolution, only recently has research begun to seriously address the role of evolution in human mental life. The Living Links Center was established in 1997 for primate studies that shed light on human behavioral evolution. It is an integrated part of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, which is the nation's oldest and largest primate center. The Living Links Center is home to two socially housed groups of chimpanzees and two socially housed groups of capuchin monkeys.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette-New Iberia Research Center is located on a former naval base outside of New Iberia, Louisiana, which is 30 miles south of Lafayette. The base was built in the 1950's and closed in the 1960's, when the land was donated to the parish of Iberia to promote economic growth. Gulf South Research Institute (GSRI) began the Life Science Division at the site and focused primarily on rodent animal models. Some primates were housed there as well. In 1984, GSRI discontinued its biological research activities and UL Lafayette (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana) redefined the nature of the facility and created the New Iberia Research Center, operating a Primate Research Center as a contract support facility.
PAPER RESOURCE: The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution - Jones, Steve (1992)
Call Number: GN281 .C345 1992 ||| Located in Middleton Reference ||| The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution is a wide-ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective, covering a range of subjects from genetics, primatology and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behaviour, demography and disease. Emphasis is placed throughout on the biological diversity of modern people and the increasing convergence of the fossil and genetic evidence for human evolution that has emerged. Due to the need to look at humankind in the context of our closest relatives, the encyclopedia also pays particular attention to the evolution and ecology of other living primates - lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys and apes. It deals with the evolution and ecology of human society, as reconstructed from archaeological remains, and from studies of tribal peoples and living primates today.
Physical Anthropology Tutorials Menu
Lessons on various topics in physical anthropology. Includes glossaries, practice quizzes, and lists of related links.
Primate Info Net (PIN) is designed to cover the broad field of primatology providing original content and links to resources about nonhuman primates in research, education and conservation. We welcome suggestions for new items on PIN. We are interested in receiving original resources in primatology related to veterinary information, careers in the field, primate anatomy and physiology or other nonhuman primate resources. These resources can be content we can add to our site or URLs for new web sites which we don't currently list. PIN is maintained by the Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grants RR000167 and RR15311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Additional support has been provided by the International Primatological Society and the Primate Society of Great Britain.
Primatology.net is a blog run by a group of volunteers interested in the research, preservation, and conservation of primates. Our mission to post current research, news, book reviews, videos, and other forms of media that are related to primates. We come from all different backgrounds. Some of us have direct experience in the care of primates, while others conduct research in the field. Examples of related topics that we will cover are ecology, psychology, biology, anthropology, medicine, as well as others.
The Gorilla Foundation / Koko.org
The Gorilla Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation, protection and well-being of gorillas through interspecies communication research and education. The foundation was established in 1976 and is best known for it's groundbreaking work with two western lowland gorillas, Koko and MIchael, who were taught to become fluent in American Sign Language. The results are published in numerous research papers, books and videos that can be found in our Bibliography. Our current goals include: a) establishing the Maui Ape Preserve, b) helping Koko to have a baby, with her new mate, Ndume, and thus foster cultural transmission of a human-taught language to a new generation of gorillas, c) providing and modeling the best care for gorillas in captivity, and d) developing multimedia and web-based educational resources for partner institutions, schools and advocates to help convert our knowledge base into practical conservation and captive care achievements for apes.
Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.
