Primatology

Primatology is the study of primates. It is a diverse discipline and primatologists can be found in departments of biology, anthropology, psychology and many others. It is closely related to physical anthropology, which is the primatology of the genus Homo, especially Homo sapiens. The fields cross over in the study of the hominids, which includes all ancestors of man and the other great apes.

Modern primatology is an extremely diverse science. It ranges from anatomical studies of primate ancestors and field studies of primates in their natural habitat, to experiments in animal psychology and ape language . It has cast an immense amount of light on basic human behaviors and ancient ancestry of these behaviors.

Primatologists

• Jane Goodall
• Dian Fossey
• Biruté Galdikas
• Dawn Prince-Hughes
• Karen Strier
• Frans de Waal
• Sherwood Washburn
• Robert Yerkes

See also

• physical anthropology
• biology
• hominid
• gorilla
• chimpanzee
• bonobo
• orangutan
• gibbon

External links

• World Directory of Primatologists
• Primatologist Biographies