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 genus Homo, especially Homo sapiens. The fields cross over in the study of the hominids, which includes all ancestors of man and the other African 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
• Birute Galdikas
• Karen Strier
• Frans de Waal
• Sherwood Washburn

See also

• physical anthropology
• biology
• hominid

External links

• World Directory of Primatologists (http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/idp/wdp/)
• Primatologist Biographies (http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/bio.html)

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