The Primates: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Primatology Research Institute Links:

DPZ German Primate Center (research facility for biological and biomedical research with primates)

Duke University Lemur Center (a research center for prosimian research)

The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute and Friends of Washoe (the home of Washoe, her family, and chimpanzee friends; Central Washington University)

The Gorilla Foundation (a site focusing on Koko the gorilla and conservation of gorillas in the wild)

The Jane Goodall Institute (chimpanzee research research and protection)

Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (extensive links and information primarily for graduate students--University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center (mostly medical and psychological research on primates--Emory University)

Primate Species Links:

African Primates at Home (information about specific species of African primates, including sounds--Washington University, St. Louis)

A Molecular Phylogeny of Living Primates (an article about the genetic/evolutionary relationships of the primates)

Animal Diversity Web: Order Primates (extensive lists of primates that have been scientifically classified; University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)

Orangutans (PBS Nature Series links)

Primate Conservation Inc. (information of the world's top 25 most endangered primates)

Primate Photo Gallery (Smithsonian National Zoological Park)

Yahoo links to ape, lemur, and monkey Web sites

Primate Intelligence Links:

What Primates Think (article comparing brains of different primate species by Jill Locantore and Brendan Horton; Smithsonian National Zoological Park)

Primate Vocalization Links:

Primate Vocalizations (sound recordings; National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Other Related Links:

Aging Rates, Gender Gap in Mortality Similar Across All Primates (article in ScienceDaily.com)

Birth, Obstetrics and Human Evolution (an article about the link between the evolution of bipedalism and difficult births among humans; by Karen Rosenberg and Wenda Trevathan)

Evolution is Written All Over Your Face (article in ScienceDaily.com)

Primate Society of Great Britain (information about international fieldwork opportunities and scientific meetings)

Save the Chimps (the website for a group that wants to build homes for former laboratory chimpanzees)

The eSkeletons Project (a great site for human and other primate comparative anantomy; created by John Kappelman, University of Texas at Austin)

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