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Primates:     more books (98)

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky, 2002-03-05 The Primate Family Tree: The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives by Ian Redmond, 2008-10-10 Primate Behavioral Ecology (4th Edition) by Karen B. Strier, 2010-09-06 Primates in Perspective by Christina Campbell, Agustin Fuentes, et all 2010-04-23 Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science by Donna J. Haraway, 1990-08-22 The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates by Noel Rowe, 1996-08 Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (Princeton Science Library) by Frans de Waal, 2009-01-12 Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of Religion The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans by Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart Shanker, 2006-02-06 Primate Societies Primate Taxonomy (Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology) by Colin Groves, 2001-04-17 The Ethical Primate: Humans, Freedom and Morality by Mary Midgley, 1996-03-26 Primate Anatomy, Third Edition: An Introduction by Friderun Ankel-Simons, 2007-01-22

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1. Primate - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   A primate is any member of the biological order primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes,  
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate
   
   Extractions: Linnaeus Families A primate is any member of the biological order Primates , the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs monkeys , and apes , with the last category including humans Primates are found all over the world. Non-human primates occur mostly in Central and South America Africa , and South Asia . A few species exist as far north in the Americas as southern Mexico , and as far north in Asia as northern Japan The order Primates was established by Linnaeus in 1758, in the tenth edition of his book Systema Naturae for the genera Homo (humans), Simia (other apes and monkeys), Lemur (prosimians) and Vespertilio (bats). In following editions, he also suggested that non-primate mammals should be called Secundates and that non-mammal animals should be called Tertiates , neither of which was accepted.

2. Primate Photo Gallery: Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orang-utans, Monkeys, Lemurs
   Some very cool primates on camera.  
   http://www.primates.com/

3. The Primates: Topic Menu
   Taxonomy and general characteristics of prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans.  
   http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/
   
   Extractions: terms and conditions for use This tutorial has been optimized for Internet Explorer, 1024 X 768 resolution, and high color graphics. Windows Media Player and/or RealPlayer should be set to their smallest form to allow viewing most of the screen while listening to recorded sounds. In Media Player , t his can be achieved by selecting the "miniplayer" skin set to "skin mode. Key words in this tutorial are followed by microphone-shaped icons. By clicking these icons, you will hear an American English pronunciation of the word or short phrase preceding it. British English is often noticeably different in its pronunciation of species names and other scientific terms.

4. Primates
   The primates include the most familiar of the placental mammals, because they include us, Homo sapiens. primates also include familiar animals,  
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/primates.html
   
   Extractions: Primates Apes, monkeys, and you The primates include the most familiar of the placental mammals , because they include us, Homo sapiens . Primates also include familiar animals, such as the chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys, as well as the somewhat less familiar lemurs, lorises, galagos, pottos, sifakas, indris, aye-ayes, and tarsiers. We're sorry that we don't yet have a proper exhibit on primates, but we've received so many requests for information that we have provided links below to some on-line resources on primates and paleoanthropology. More primate information: The UCMP Vertebrate Type Collection has extensive holdings of fossil primates. Use the search term "Primates". Home What's new About UCMP History of life ... Other resources

5. ADW: Primates: Information
   Introduction from Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan.  
   http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Primates.html
   
   Extractions: editLink('skunkworks/.accounts/200310302302') 2008/01/20 07:17:50.438 US/Eastern By Phil Myers Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Members of this Order The Primates are an ancient and diverse eutherian group, currently with around 233 living species placed in 13 families. Most dwell in tropical forests. The smallest living primate is the pygmy marmoset, which weighs around 70 g; the largest is the gorilla, weighing up to around 175 kg. Primates radiated in arboreal habitats, and many of the characteristics by which we recognize them today (shortened rostrum and forwardly directed orbits, associated with stereoscopic vision; opposable hallux and pollex ; unfused and highly mobile radius and ulna in the forelimb and tibia and fibula in the hind) probably arose as adaptations for life in the trees or are primitive traits that were retained for the same reason. Several species, including our own, have left the trees for life on the ground; nevertheless, we retain many of these features. Primates are usually recognized based on a suite of primitive characteristics of the skull, teeth, and limbs. Some of these are listed above, including the separate and well-developed radius and ulna in the forearm and tibia and fibula in the hindleg. Others include pentadactyl feet and presence of a clavicle. Additional characteristics (not necessarily unique to primates) include first toe with a

6. Care2's Race For The Primates
   Each click generates a donation to The Jane Goodall primate protection programs.  
   http://primates.care2.com/

7. Electronic Zoo / NetVet Veterinary Resources - Primate Sites
   Articles on Primate Environmental Enrichment and Psychological Wellbeing (LPN) Atlas of the Primate Brain (University of Washington)  
   http://netvet.wustl.edu/primates.htm

8. Primates
   Molecular timing of primate divergences as estimated by two nonprimate calibration points. Journal of Molecular Evolution 47718727.  
   http://www.tolweb.org/Primates/15963
   
   Extractions: Temporary Page This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms. The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right. You can click on the root to travel down the Tree of Life all the way to the root of all Life, and you can click on the names of descendent subgroups to travel up the Tree of Life all the way to individual species. For more information on ToL tree formatting, please see

9. African Primates At Home
   African primates at Home. Photos, audio, and information about wild monkeys and apes studied by primatologist Dr. MK Holder in East Africa (Uganda, Rwanda,  
   http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/primates.html

10. Taronga And Western Plains Zoos
    Describes what makes a primate special, and different types of primates.  
    http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au/content/view.asp?id=1038

11. What Are Primates, Great Ape Trust, Des Moines, Iowa
    primates are members of the taxonomic order Primate, a subgroup of mammals (class Mammalia). There are approximately 350* species of primate.  
    http://www.greatapetrust.org/primates/index.php
    
    Extractions: Pan troglodytes Primates are members of the taxonomic order Primate, a subgroup of mammals (class Mammalia). There are approximately 350* species of primate. *This number is an approximation and may change over time based on new findings or taxonomic reclassifications. In general, primates share these physical features: Most primates: What are the four categories of primates?

12. Great Apes And Other Primates - National Zoo| FONZ
    The National Zoo is home to 16 species of primates that live in seven different areas of the zoo. Brought to you by the National Zoo FONZ.  
    http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Primates/
    
    Extractions: Small Mammals ... Adopt a Gorilla, Orangutan, Gibbon, Lemur, or Golden Lion Tamarin. Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Primates at the Zoo The Zoo is home to many primates. Orangutans and western lowland gorillas can be found at the Great Ape House. Smaller primates, including golden lion tamarins, Geoffroy's marmosets, and howler monkeys, can be found in the Small Mammal House . Look for gibbons at Gibbon Ridge and lemurs at Lemur Island Find out where primates can be seen at the Zoo. The organgutans, which can travel along the O Line between the Great Ape House and Think Tank, are temporarily inside the Great Ape House. They will be outside again after outdoor painting at Think Tank has been completed. Primate Photo Gallery Help with cam Watching gorillas: The Zoo is home to six western lowland gorillas, three females and three males, who live in one group. Two of the males are juveniles who were born here at the Zoo—Kojo, who was born in November 2001, and Kwame, who was born in November 1999. The third male, Baraka, is an adult who was born here in in 1992. Gorillas are the world's largest primates and one of our closest relatives.

13. International Primate Protection League ~ IPPL ~ Working To Protect All Living P
    The International Primate Protection League works for the wellbeing of primates. IPPL has Field Representatives in 31 countries.  
    http://www.ippl.org/

14. Primate's World - Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos, Oranguans, Lemurs
    primates have been taught language and they have thoughts and emotions just like human primates (the kinship is more than genetic).  
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4451/index.html
    
    Extractions: Please visit our new site Primate's World "Chimpanzees suffer in captivity, as they are exploited in entertainment, dressed up as pets, dragged around as photographer´s props, and imprisoned, in the name of science, in tiny, barren steel cages. I am haunted by dull, blank eyes staring out onto a world that offers them no hope. The least I can do is speak out for them. They cannot speak for themselves."

15. Primate Use Of Language
    Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.  
    http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm

16. Primate Enrichment Database
    Environmental Enrichment for primates Annotated Database on Environmental Enrichment and Refinement of Husbandry for Nonhuman primates  
    http://www.awionline.org/Lab_animals/biblio/enrich.htm

17. Primarily Primates - Main
    Primarily primates, a part of Friends of Animals Inc., is a nonprofit sanctuary in Bexar County, Texas that operates to house, protect, and rehabilitate  
    http://www.primarilyprimates.org/
    
    Extractions: Express-News Stephen Tello isn’t as nimble as the chimpanzees that are destined to live in this dwelling, a spacious open-air edifice of reinforced steel with 20-foot-high ceilings, outfitted with natural grass carpeting and elaborate climbing structures. But the executive director of the sanctuary Primarily Primates Inc. gamely tries, scaling a ladder and clambering about an elevated walkway built to withstand the force of animals that are five times stronger than the typical human. The place is pretty close to perfect in Tello’s eyes. Just one thing is missing: the chimpanzees. More coverage E-N video: Primarily Primates They’re living blithely in a sanctuary in Louisiana, unknowingly part of a bitter legal battle over their fate that continues almost two years after they were retired from a cognitive research laboratory at Ohio State University. Their transfer to Primarily Primates in spring 2006 was the spark that ignited controversy over conditions at the 30-year-old sanctuary that was one of the first to offer refuge to unwanted monkeys, chimps and other exotic animals that came from research laboratories or the pet trade. read full article December 16, 2007

18. Primates - Zoology (general) Journals, Books & Online Media | Springer
    primates Zoology. primates is an international journal of primatology whose aim is to provide a forum for the investigation and elucidation of all aspects  
    http://www.springer.com/west/home?SGWID=4-102-70-1179810-detailsPage=journal|des

19. Primates: Extinction Threat Growing For Mankind's Closest Living Relatives
    Mankind s closest living relatives the world s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates are under unprecedented threat from destruction of tropical  
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071026095223.htm
    
    Extractions: Share Blog Cite Print Email Bookmark ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2007) See also: Titled "Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates20062008,*" the report compiled by 60 experts from 21 countries warns that failure to respond to the mounting threats now exacerbated by climate change will bring the first primate extinctions in more than a century. Overall, 114 of the world's 394 primate species are classified as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. Hunters kill primates for food and to sell the meat; traders capture them for live sale; and loggers, farmers, and land developers destroy their habitat. One species, Miss Waldron's red colobus of Ivory Coast and Ghana, already is feared extinct, while the golden-headed langur of Vietnam and China's Hainan gibbon number only in the dozens. The Horton Plains slender loris of Sri Lanka has been sighted just four times since 1937. "You could fit all the surviving members of these 25 species in a single football stadium; that's how few of them remain on Earth today," said CI President Russell A. Mittermeier, who also chairs the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. "The situation is worst in Asia, where tropical forest destruction and the hunting and trading of monkeys puts many species at terrible risk. Even newly discovered species are severely threatened from loss of habitat and could soon disappear."

20. Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: PRIMATES
    The ordinal name primates, means the first or primary animals. This naming convention reflects the egocentric orientation of humans, but is of no help in  
    http://www.brainmuseum.org/Specimens/primates/
    
    Extractions: A single species, Homo sapiens , is nearly worldwide in distribution. Otherwise other members of the order are found in the Americas from eastern and southern Mexico to southeastern Brazil, most of Africa, Madagascar, the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula, south-central and southeastern Asia, Japan and the East Indies as far as Sulawesi and Timor. Walker includes 13 Families, 71 genera and 233 species within the Order Primates. Since humans are themselves primates, the order has attracted much interest and investigation, and there are numerous views on classification, especially between the order and family levels. Simpson's (1945) scheme is followed by Walker. SUBORDER STREPSIRRHINI

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