Among the many zoologies that have emerged over the last hundred years or so, primatology is astonishing in its reach and breadth of influence on other sciences and people’s thoughts. It is noteworthy for the cultural imprint it carries and the forceful reactions its practice engenders. Primatology is also a contested site for various disciplines and epistemologies. In addition, the field is re...

described in Baboon Metaphysics. This allows readers unfamiliar with primatology or with field work methods to understand how these studies can be done and draw their own conclusions about the interpretation of the data. Primatology is practiced both in the field and in captive settings, with the former typically involving primarily observational work and the latter primarily experiments. While...

The proportion of women occupying academic positions in biological sciences has increased in the past few decades, but women are still under-represented in senior academic ranks compared to their male colleagues. Primatology has been often singled out as a model of "equal-opportunity" discipline because of the common perception that women are more represented in Primatology than in similar fiel...