PETER J. FASHING , NGA NGUYEN, TYLER S. BARRY, C. BARRET GOODALE, RYAN J. BURKE, SORREL C.Z. JONES, JEFFREY T. KERBY, LAURA M. LEE, NIINA O. NURMI, AND VIVEK V. VENKATARAMAN Department of Anthropology, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 5916 St. Mary’s Road, Floyds Knobs, Indiana Guassa Gelada ...

Rich data gathered in experimental primatology in the last 40 years are beginning to benefit from analytical methods used in contemporary linguistics, especially in the area of semantics and pragmatics. These methods have started to clarify five questions: (i) what morphology and syntax, if any, do monkey calls have? (ii) what is the 'lexical meaning' of individual calls? (iii) how are the mean...

Although the theory andmethods of the relatively new field of geometric morphometrics are becoming well developed (for an overview, see [1]), it has not yet been applied as widely as it could be, owing to the lack of easily accessible introductory guides. This primer, by Miriam Zelditch and colleagues, should make the field more accessible because the new methods described here are relatively s...

Scholars in the area of Evolutionary Sociology and Biosociology explicitly seek to examine the interplay of social and environmental factors with evolved biological factors and its implications for social behavior. It is a broad area covering a wide array of research topics and methodologies. Neurosociologists in the area describe the neural circuitry underlying social processes, such as empa-t...

OF A TOTAL OF 50 chimpanzees wild-captured in different O areas of the tropical iain forest in Gabon, two were found to be positive for HIV-1 antibodies.’ From one chimpanzee a lentivirus, sIv,z,ab, was isolated. As a result of virological and molecular studies it was classified as an HIV-l-related nonhuman Subsequently, another chimpanzee lentivhs, SIVEpz-mo has been isolated from a wild-captu...

research on rhesus monkeys suggest that the effects of calorie restriction in nonhuman primates recapitulate many of the physiological, hematological, hormonal, immunological, and biochemical effects produced in rodents [1,2]. Measurments of markers of age-related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and possibly cancer suggest that restricted monkeys are healthier than ad libitum...

The first comprehensive review in five years of the world's more than 600 species of primate found that almost 50 per cent are in danger of becoming extinct, according to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Announced at the International Primatology Congress in Edinburgh earlier this month, the report by the world's leading p...

The primatologist, Clarence Ray Carpenter, was my teacher, my inspiration and a downright hero to me. Many consider him the father of modern primatology. Whatever! What is certain is that he had an extraordinary career. One of his lifetime interests was in how animals (and people) communicated. One of his many innovations was so simple it was revolutionary. He studied primates in their natural ...

With the onset of World War II, research on the nonhuman primates underwent a marked decline. It is only within the last decade, that research in this field has undergone a real revival-a revival which, indeed, is becoming increasingly extensive. The greater availability of specimens, brought about by increased funds for research and travel, undoubtedly has been a most important factor. But per...