Library: ANTH 2200: Intro to Biological Anthropology: Nonhuman Primates

Recommended Film

This program by NOVA studies the intelligence of apes and explores the differences between apes and humans.

American Society of Primatologists
The American Society of Primatologists website contains useful information on primate research and conservation.

Primate Info Net
Created by U. of Wisconsin's National Primate Research Center, site contains fact sheets, news, publications, and research resources.
eSkeletons
The University of Texas at Austin site allows users to compare the bones of human and non-human primates with its interactive comparative anatomy and taxonomic tree pages.
AfricanFossils.org
View 3D models of fossils and artifacts.

The National Geographic video below showcases chimpanzees using tools.

Browse the 599.8 Dewey Decimal range for more items on Primates and the 599.88 range for items on Great Apes and Gibbons.

Chimpanzees and Human Evolution
Call Number: 599.938 C5389
Publication Date: 2017
This comprehensive volume brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain what is unique about humans, by studying their closest living relatives.
Early Evolution of Human Memory: Great Apes, Tool-Making, and Cognition
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2017
"This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process."
Evolution of Primate Social Cognition
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
This interdisciplinary volume brings together expert researchers coming from primatology, anthropology, ethology, philosophy of cognitive sciences, neurophysiology, mathematics and psychology to discuss both the foundations of non-human primate and human social cognition as well as the means there currently exist to study the various facets of social cognition.
All the Worlds Primates
Call Number: 599.8 A4167
Publication Date: 2016
"This book shows you photographs or a drawing of every currently recognized taxon in the primate order with a synopsis of what is known about all 505 species."

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