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Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques: Macaca Mulatta of Cayo Santiago and Beyond (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects) by Qian Wang Publication Date: December 31, 2011 Buy new: $179.00 (Visit the Hot New Releases in Biochemistry list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description The introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research...Read Full Story

A landmark ruling was made this week which has raised more than a few eyebrows among scientific researchers. Newcastle University  lost its 3-year battle against the  British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection  (BUAV) over revealing details of Home Office licences to conduct experiments on primates through Freedom of Information requests (FOIs). The Freedom of Information Act 2000 , has helped and continues to help many journalists gain access to important records on the basis of public...Read Full Story

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky (81) Buy new: $10.20 133 used & new from $1.42 (Visit the Most Wished For in Travel list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description "I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla," writes Robert Sapolsky in this witty and riveting chronicle of a scientist's coming-of-age in...Read Full Story

Makumba a silverback gorilla During the last two decades scientists say the Ebola virus has killed around one-third of the world’s gorillas and tens of thousands of chimpanzees. In the next decade they predict that the death toll may rise to half of the world’s gorilla population. One American scientist from California wants to protect these endangered primates by vaccinating them against this deadly virus in the wild. Not only is this incredibly difficult but highly controversial...Read Full Story

  A drill at the zoo     These beautiful primate portraits are part of a project called 97% Human, which were taken at Melbourne Zoo by photographer Arthur Xanthopoulos . He wanted to bring out the human side to these animals (anthropomorphism). Arthur was originally inspired by primate documentaries, including BBC productions narrated by Sir David Attenborough, where the theme was the common ancestry of humans and other primates. He decided to base his photographic concept on the...Read Full Story