From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Mon Dec 1 05:54:21 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Mon Dec 1 05:53:07 2008 Subject: [PS] Tapetum lucidum In-Reply-To: <433123.64095.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C508@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> <433123.64095.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C50B@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> I forgot to ask for responses to the list so that comments could be incorporated into any broader discussion. A comment below shows how tricky it might be to define presence of a tapetum lucidum even by eye reflection. Perhaps one verification may be in the form of night photos where reflection can be directly compared. In the paper by M?ller, P., Velo, A., Raheliarisoa, E.-O., Zaramody, A, and Curtis, D.J. 2000. Surveys of sympatric lemurs at Anjamena, north-west Madagascar. African Journal of Ecology 38, 248-257, I found a fairly direct declarative statement as to the absence of a tapetum in E. mongoz. I may try to contact the authors for further corroboration, particularly if they can provide a photo: "For example, values for P. v. coronatus are most reliable, while those for E. mongoz are least reliable. One interpretation of why density estimates for P. v. coronatus and E. f. rufus seem to be more accurate is that their maximal detection distance was larger, leading to a larger area covered during the census. Reasons for this might be that these species were active during the daytime censuses and that they occurred in larger groups and were therefore more conspicuous to the observer. In contrast, it was quite difficult to detect E. mongoz. This species was not always active during either census block, occurred in small units and lacked a tapetum lucidum, making its detection at night more difficult. It seems that particularly for E. mongoz, and for all strictly nocturnal species, more replicates were needed, as they were less detectable due to light conditions and cryptic behaviour." List member comment: In my former field site, Mananara in north-east Madagascar, the white-headed lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) definitely do have white eyeshines in the torchlight, as well as the gentle bamboo lemurs (Hapalemur griseus) do. Both these lemurs are cathemeral and they can be seen active anytime at night. But even eyes of ring-tailed lemur's (Lemur catta) of south-west Madagascar reflect white light. Ring-tailed lemurs are generally diurnal but they often continue their activity for some time after dusk. I hope this helps a bit. I would be very interested if you get from someone else any response concerning the presence or absence of tapetum lucidum in sifakas (Propithechs) and indris (Indri). Compared to Eulemur, Lemur. Hapalemir and Varecia, these primates seem to be very strictly diurnal and tend to wake up after dawn and to sleep again before dusk. I think I have heard that even these lemurs still retain tapetum lucidum but I am not sure. Then of course tarsiers have no "real" eye-shines but I must say from my own observations in Borneo that under some light conditions (type of torch, distance and angle) even tarsier's eyes can reflect light, and very clearly so. Bud even monkeys' eyes can show clear, albeit dim eyeshines under some conditions, so tapetum lucidum is apparently not necessary! I am not sure where exactly is the light reflected in tarsiers' and monkeys' eyes. --- On Sun, 11/30/08, John Grehan wrote: > From: John Grehan > Subject: [PS] Tapetum lucidum > To: primate-science@primate.wisc.edu > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 3:09 PM I would be most grateful for > any corroboration or falsification of the absence of a tapetum lucidum > (the light-reflecting layer) in the eyes of Varecia variegata and > Eulemur fulvous. I am looking for published reference that is > authoritative (ie a first-hand description that is detailed on this > point). Even without that information I would be generally interested > to hear from anyone who has seen whether these species (or any other > prosimian) fail to reflect light from their eyes at night. There is > some ambiguity in the literature. > Preserved specimens > may not retain the integrity of tapetum, thus giving the false > impression of its absence so preserved material is not reliable. > > John Grehan > _______________________________________________ > Primate-Science mailing list > Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu > http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science From mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu Mon Dec 1 10:53:14 2008 From: mhoffman at primate.wisc.edu (Matt Hoffman) Date: Mon Dec 1 10:51:42 2008 Subject: [PS] Fwd: NOMINATIONS FOR THE ALDO LEOPOLD AND WILLIAM T. HORNADAY CONSERVATION AWARDS References: Message-ID: <68180979-89B3-4638-AB6D-5AB7DF4CE37D@primate.wisc.edu> Begin forwarded message: I received the email and attachment below regarding the Aldo Leopold and William T. Hornaday Conservation Awards. Would you kindly forward this to the Primate Science listserv? Many thanks, Brandon Wheeler I was wondering if you would be willing to circulate the attached announcement to relevant listservs, etc. It seems to me that some primatologists are eminently qualified. You will note that nominators need not be members of the ASM. Thanks, Thor Richard W. Thorington, Jr. Division of Mammals, MRC 108 Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Street address: 10 St. and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20560 Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/8846.html NOMINATIONS FOR THE ALDO LEOPOLD AND WILLIAM T. HORNADAY CONSERVATION AWARDS In 2002, the American Society of Mammalogists established 2 conservation awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. The Aldo Leopold Award is awarded to a well-established individual who has made a lasting scientific contribution to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. The recipient will be invited to address the Society in a plenary session at its annual meeting the following year. Previous awardees are Edward O. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, George B. Schaller, Rodrigo A. Medellin, and Virgilio Roig. The William T. Hornaday Award is awarded to a current undergraduate or graduate student who has made a significant scientific contribution as a student to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. The awardee will be offered a travel grant to attend the ASM meetings in Alaska and will be invited to present a paper on their conservation activities at the plenary session. Previous awardees are Brent Sewall, Isabel Beasley, and Angelia Vanderlaan. Nominees should have contributed substantially to (1) the conservation of 1 or more mammalian species, subspecies, or populations, (2) the conservation of mammalian assemblages and communities, or (3) advancing the field of conservation biology through focal research on mammals. Persons contributing to the conservation of land or marine mammals are eligible for consideration. We interpret ??contribution?? broadly to include (1) scientific research or political activism that has resulted in the preservation of an imperiled species; (2) development of protective management recommendations; (3) acquisition of new knowledge regarding the conservation status or causes for declines of mammalian species or populations; (4) the protection of significant mammalian habitat; or (5) promotion of the conservation of mammals through public education. All persons are invited to submit nominations for these awards. For each award, the nomination packet should include: 1. A brief narrative (2 pages maximum) that introduces and describes the conservation accomplishments of the nominee; 2. As an addendum to this narrative, a list of relevant journal articles, government and NGO reports, newspaper clippings, and other materials that chronicle and corroborate the conservation-related accomplishments of the nominee; 3. A current CV or r?sum?; 4. Contact information for the nominator and nominee; 5. Supporting material: For the Aldo Leopold Award, include letters of recommendation from 3 individuals familiar with the nominee?s contributions to mammalian conservation; one of the letters must be from the nominator. William T. Hornaday Award?include letters of recommendation from 2 individuals familiar with the nominee?s conservation activities. One of these letters must be from the student?s research advisor. Electronic submissions of nominations and supporting documents are strongly encouraged. Completed nomination packets should be sent to ThoringtonR@SI.EDU or Richard Thorington, Division of Mammals MRC 108, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012. The deadline for receipt of completed nominations is 13 March 2009. The recipients will be announced at the banquet at the ASM annual meeting in June 2009. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Hoffman Internet Services and Outreach Librarian Jacobsen Library National Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin-Madison 1220 Capitol Court Madison, WI 53715 (608) 263-5537 mhoffman@primate.wisc.edu http://pin.primate.wisc.edu "That's an excellent question. I have no idea." From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Dec 1 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Dec 1 14:00:16 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 1, 2008) Message-ID: <200812012000.mB1K03BO021542@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Expert honoured for bonobo work (BBC News; November 28, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8390 Congo's war - baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species (AFP; November 30, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8391 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Dec 2 00:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Dec 2 00:00:21 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200812020600.mB2603Ki028822@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Fieldwork with rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico., University of Chicago http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1391 Supervisor of Animal Care, Emory University- Yerkes National Primate Center- Field Station http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1389 PhD in Molecular Primatology, MPI-EVA Leipzig http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1390 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Dec 2 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Dec 2 14:00:16 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 2, 2008) Message-ID: <200812022000.mB2K03Nr011001@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Hopes for AIDS Vaccine Still Alive Despite Setbacks (Washington Post; December 1, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8392 UN officials launch "Year of the Gorilla" (Associated Press; December 1, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8393 Europe rejects stem cell patent (The Scientist; December 1, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8394 Virus ancestor to HIV older than believed (Contra Costa Times; December 1, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8395 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Dec 3 09:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Dec 3 09:00:17 2008 Subject: [PS] Upcoming Primate Meetings Message-ID: <200812031500.mB3F03AH024212@white.primate.wisc.edu> Upcoming events from the Primate Info Net Meetings Calendar http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/calendar If you have an event you would like to list here, please contact Ray Hamel at hamel@primate.wisc.edu. SCAW WINTER CONFERENCE: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WELFARE AND SCIENCE: IACUC ROLES Dates: December 8, 2008 - December 9, 2008 Sponsor: Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Location: Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX Web Site: http://www.scaw.com/Winter%202008%20Conference.pdf THE 26TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODELS FOR AIDS Dates: December 9, 2008 - December 12, 2008 Sponsor: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and Caribbean Primate Research Center Location: The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico Web Site: http://nhp2008.primate.wisc.edu 11TH MEETING OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGY Dates: February 24, 2009 - February 26, 2009 Sponsor: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Location: Hannover, Germany Web Site: http://www.gfp2009.de XIX MEETING OF THE ITALIAN PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY (API) Dates: April 1, 2009 - April 3, 2009 Sponsor: Italian Primatological Society Location: Asti, Italy Web Site: http://www-1.unipv.it/webbio/api/api.htm PROSIMIAN WORKSHOP Dates: April 30, 2009 - May 2, 2009 Sponsor: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Location: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio Web Site: http://www.clemetzoo.com/prosimianworkshop/ THE PRIMATE MIND: BUILT TO CONNECT WITH OTHER MINDS Dates: June 4, 2009 - June 7, 2009 Sponsor: Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture; International School of Ethology, Ca' Foscari, Location: Erice (Sicily), Italy Web Site: http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/primate_mind/ 3ND CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR PRIMATOLOGY (EFP) Dates: August 12, 2009 - August 15, 2009 Sponsor: Anthropological Institute & Museum of the University of Zürich, Switzerland Location: University of Zürich, Switzerland Web Site: http://www.aim.uzh.ch/EFP.html 2009 ORANGUTAN SSP HUSBANDRY WORKSHOP Dates: August 31, 2009 - September 2, 2009 Sponsor: Zoo Atlanta Location: Zoo Atlanta VTH INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONGRESS OF ALES HRDLICKA 'QUO VADIS HOMO…SOCIETAS HUMANA? Dates: September 2, 2009 - September 5, 2009 Sponsor: Charles University in Prague, Czech Anthropological Society Location: Prague and Humpolec, Czech Republic Web Site: http://www.anthropology-hrdlicka2009.cz 32ND MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS Dates: September 18, 2009 - September 21, 2009 Sponsor: American Society of Primatologists Location: Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA Web Site: http://www.asp.org/asp2009/index.htm NEOTROPICAL PRIMATE HUSBANDRY, RESEARCH, AND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE Dates: October 13, 2009 - October 15, 2009 Sponsor: Brookfield Zoo Location: Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Gold Road, Brookfield, IL INTERNATIONAL PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY XXIII CONGRESS Dates: September 12, 2010 - September 18, 2010 Sponsor: International Primatological Society Location: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Web Site: http://www.ips2010.jp/ ------ Meetings Calendar on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/calendar ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Dec 3 11:21:40 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Raymond Hamel) Date: Wed Dec 3 11:20:24 2008 Subject: [PS] Chimpanzee with a blind woman? Message-ID: <00b901c9556b$9b30fb70$7b00a8c0@NIKKO> Received by AskPrimate: ===== Last year I saw a tv show that had an ape meeting a blind woman. The ape covered its eyes and felt around with the other hand like it was blind. I need info about the scientist, her lab and the ape. I think it was a chimp or bonobo. Can you help? ====== Can anyone clue me in on what this program might be? I'm suspecting it was Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Kanzi, but haven't been able to find a specific TV program. Ray Hamel Director, Jacobsen Library Wisconsin Primate Center hamel@primate.wisc.edu From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Dec 3 14:00:04 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Dec 3 14:00:13 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 3, 2008) Message-ID: <200812032000.mB3K04b2000702@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Rare gorilla twins born in Uganda (AFP; December 3, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8396 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From lowlandgorilla at aol.com Wed Dec 3 14:23:36 2008 From: lowlandgorilla at aol.com (lowlandgorilla@aol.com) Date: Wed Dec 3 14:54:08 2008 Subject: [PS] Chimpanzee with a blind woman? In-Reply-To: <8CB239AF7A4D924-1030-349@WEBMAIL-DY03.sysops.aol.com> References: <00b901c9556b$9b30fb70$7b00a8c0@NIKKO> <8CB239AF7A4D924-1030-349@WEBMAIL-DY03.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CB239C27E3B386-1030-3E9@WEBMAIL-DY03.sysops.aol.com> Hi Ray, Don't want to fill everyone's inbox when I don't have the complete answer but I might have an answer to one part of the question; Kanzi seemingly recognized that a young lady at the Language Research Center was not able to see and covered his eyes in apparent understanding.?Don't know about the TV program. Rick Murphy -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Hamel To: primate-science@primate.wisc.edu Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 9:21 am Subject: [PS] Chimpanzee with a blind woman? Received by AskPrimate:? ? =====? Last year I saw a tv show that had an ape meeting a blind woman. The ape covered its eyes and felt around with the other hand like it was blind. I need info about the scientist, her lab and the ape. I think it was a chimp or bonobo. Can you help?? ======? ? Can anyone clue me in on what this program might be? I'm suspecting it was Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Kanzi, but haven't been able to find a specific TV program.? ? Ray Hamel? Director, Jacobsen Library? Wisconsin Primate Center? hamel@primate.wisc.edu? ? _______________________________________________? Primate-Science mailing list? Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu? http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science? . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Begin forwarded message: NAME: RICARDO CAVALCANTI EMAIL: fly@avimech.com SUBJECT: Callithrix jacchus_saguins MESSAGE: I used to live in Northwest of Brazil with many marmosets family, observing and feeding then in the natural habitat, since 1998 I muved to USA, today american citzen I still preserving the area where they live, in the coast, in approximated 15 acres that I am owner proprietary, my intention is oficialize a sanctuary for then with help of institutions that are in the same preservation work, there we have water running all year around, many centenary trees, but around this land is all cane sugar plantation, leaving for then this only place that they call home. I whiling to leave this land to the preservation forever, please let me know if you can help in any way. A friend mine from Swissland are doing a similar project with sharks, please visit www.sharkscenter.com there you will be able to see the Brazil project, that I am participate with him, including the Primates preservation. Congratulation for the job you are doing. Best Regards, Ricardo Cavalcanti (520) 7952452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matt Hoffman Internet Services and Outreach Librarian Jacobsen Library National Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin-Madison 1220 Capitol Court Madison, WI 53715 (608) 263-5537 mhoffman@primate.wisc.edu http://pin.primate.wisc.edu "That's an excellent question. I have no idea." From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 4 00:00:04 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Dec 4 00:00:21 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200812040600.mB460486008427@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Field Manager (Kenya), Kakamega Monkey Project (based at Columbia University) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1392 Pharma Technician, Toxikon Corporation http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1393 Lead Keeper, Lemur Conservation Foundation http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1395 --POSITIONS WANTED-- Husbandry training and enrichment http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1394 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From brown at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 4 09:00:05 2008 From: brown at primate.wisc.edu (Joanne Brown) Date: Thu Dec 4 09:00:44 2008 Subject: [PS] New books at the Jacobsen Primate Library -- November 2008 Message-ID: <200812041500.mB4F05pV014679@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following acquisitions have been processed in the Wisconsin Primate Library in the past month. If you are looking for information about acquiring any of the titles, feel free to contact me directly and I'll help you if I can. If you are interested in borrowing any of these titles, please contact your local library (whether public, private, or part of an educational institution) to request the item through interlibrary loan. Please do not contact me directly about borrowing items from this library unless you have no other source. Thank you! To view acquisitions from previous months, please see: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/collections/newbooks.php --Books Added November 2008-- Campbell, Christina J., ed. Spider monkeys: behavior, ecology and evolution of the genus Ateles. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780521867504. Chaouat, Gerard, ed. Endometrium and embryo implantation. Karger, 2007. ISBN 9783805582810. College handbook 2007, 44th ed. College Board, 2006. ISBN 9780874477641. Cooper, John K.; Guzick, David S., eds. First trimester pregnancy complications & Polycystic ovary syndrome. Wolters Kluwer, 2007. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. The National Academies' guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research, with 2008 amendments. National Academies Press, 2008. ISBN 9780309122207. Just, Ursula; Cross, Michael, eds. Stem cells, tissue regeneration and repair. Karger, 2008. ISBN 9783805585637. Krebs, Julia. Primatenhaltung im Zoo. Filander Verlag, 2008. ISBN 9783930831692. McArthur, Robert A.; Borsini, Franco, eds. Animal and translational models for CNS drug discovery. Academic Press, 2008. ISBN 012373861X. McElroy, Onyria Herrera; Grabb, Lola L. Spanish-English, English-Spanish Medical Dictionary, 3rd ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005. ISBN 9780781750110. Mellor, David J., ... [et al.], coords. Scientific assessment and management of animal pain. World Organisation for Animal Health, 2008. ISBN 9789290447207. Palazzi, Xavier; Bordier, Nicole. The marmoset brain in stereotaxic coordinates. Springer, 2008. ISBN 9780387783840. Silvertown, Jonathan, ed. 99% ape: how evolution adds up. Natural History Museum (London), 2008. ISBN 9780565092313. Wrangham, Richard; Ross, Elizabeth, eds. Science and conservation in African forests: the benefits of long-term research. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 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Madison, WI 53715-1237 Phone: 608-263-3512 Fax: 608-265-2067 Email: brown@primate.wisc.edu From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 4 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Dec 4 14:00:23 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 4, 2008) Message-ID: <200812042000.mB4K03rZ020823@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Titus, center's senior lemur, dead at 25 (News and Observer; December 4, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8397 New Population Of Extremely Rare Snub-Nosed Monkey Discovered (ScienceDaily; December 4, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8398 What's Good For The Mouse Is Good For The Monkey: Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Stem Cells (ScienceDaily; December 4, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8399 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Fri Dec 5 14:00:02 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Fri Dec 5 14:00:20 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 5, 2008) Message-ID: <200812052000.mB5K02m8010306@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Nice females also hunt (International Herald Tribune; December 4, 2004) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8400 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Dec 8 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Dec 8 14:00:13 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 8, 2008) Message-ID: <200812082000.mB8K03pi024900@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ London Zoo's gorilla Bobby dies (BBC News; December 5, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8402 Gorilla states in poaching pledge (BBC News; December 5, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8403 Women convicted on monkey smuggling-related charges (Spokane Spokesman-Review; December 8, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8404 Breakfast draws attention to group trying to start primate sanctuary (Capital Times; December 8, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8405 Primate center unveils biosafety lab (New Orleans Times-Picayune; December 6, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8406 Pitt issued fine for monkey's attack on lab worker (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; December 5, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8407 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Thu Dec 11 07:28:26 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Thu Dec 11 07:26:36 2008 Subject: [PS] Dr Pie Muller Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C57B@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> I would be very grateful if someone would be able to direct me to the current email or institutional address of Dr. Pie Muller who was at the Anthropologisches Institiut und Museum, Universitat Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland in 2006. Dr Muller gave the contact email address piemue@zool.unizh.ch in an article on surveys of lemurs in Madagascar, but the address did not work. Thanks, John Grehan Dr. John R. Grehan Director of Science Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 email: jgrehan@sciencebuff.org Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 Panbiogeography http://www.sciencebuff.org/biogeography_and_evolutionary_biology.php Ghost moth research http://www.sciencebuff.org/systematics_and_evolution_of_hepialdiae.php Human evolution and the great apes http://www.sciencebuff.org/human_origin_and_the_great_apes.php ? From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 11 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Dec 11 14:01:22 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 11, 2008) Message-ID: <200812112000.mBBK03rW022461@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Fire kills 30 lemurs at sanctuary (BBC News; December 9, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8409 8,000 complaints received from public on stray primates (New Straits Times, Malaysia; December 9, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8410 Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News; December 11, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8411 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Fri Dec 12 14:00:02 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Fri Dec 12 14:00:14 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 12, 2008) Message-ID: <200812122000.mBCK02RX010354@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Is Harvesting Palm Oil Destroying the Rainforests? (Scientific American; December 11, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8412 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Fri Dec 12 15:00:45 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Fri Dec 12 14:58:50 2008 Subject: [PS] whistling orangutan Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C58F@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> Orangutans learned to whistle - by themselves. It will be interesting to see if chimpanzees or gorillas can learn to do this as well. John Grehan Des Moines, Iowa - December 11, 2008 - Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the evolution of speech and learning. In a paper published this month in Primates, an international journal of primatology that provides a forum on all aspects of primates in relation to humans and other animals, Great Ape Trust scientist Dr. Serge Wich and his colleagues provide the first-ever documentation of a primate mimicking a sound from another species without being specifically trained to do so. Bonnie, a 30-year-old female orangutan living at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., began whistling - a sound that is in a human's, but not an orangutan's, repertoire - after hearing an animal caretaker make the sound. "This is important because it provides a mechanism to explain documented between-population variation in sounds for wild orangutans," Wich said. "In addition, it counters a long-held assumption that non-human primates have fairly fixed sound repertoires that are not under voluntary control. Being able to learn new sounds and use these voluntarily are also two important aspects of human speech and these findings open up new avenues to study certain aspects of human speech evolution in our closest relatives." Previous studies have indicated that orangutans and chimpanzees are capable of species-atypical sounds and vocalizations, but only under the strong influence of human training. Bonnie, however, was not explicitly trained to whistle, according to Wich and his co-authors - Great Ape Trust scientists Dr. Karyl Swartz and Dr. Rob Shumaker; Madeleine E. Hardus and Adriano R. Lameira, doctoral candidates at the Utrecht University in The Netherlands assigned to the Ketambe Research Center in Sumatra, where Wich is research co-manager; and Erin Stromberg, an animal caretaker at the National Zoo. Scientists have long known that orangutans copy physical movements of humans, but Bonnie's whistling indicates that the learning capacities of orangutans and other great apes in the auditory domain might be more flexible than previously believed, Wich said. The behavior goes against the argument that orangutans have no control over their vocalizations and the sounds are purely emotional - that is, an involuntary response to stimuli such as predators. Bonnie appears to whistle for the sake of making a sound rather than to receive a food reward or some other incentive. If asked to whistle, she is likely to oblige, another indication to scientists that she makes the sound voluntarily. In their paper, Wich and his colleagues also shared anecdotal information about Indah, a female orangutan who lived with Bonnie at the National Zoo before moving to Great Ape Trust in 2004. Indah also began to whistle some years after Bonnie was first observed making the sound in the late 1980s, but Indah died before recordings could be made of her whistles. Scientists believe that Indah's whistling was a vocalization learned from Bonnie. That compares with what scientists assume about social learning in wild orangutan populations. For example earlier work by Dr. van Schaik and colleagues showed that wild orangutans in one population make a "raspberry" sound during nest-making, while orangutans in another population make a "nest smack" sound when engaged in the same activity. Wich said it's unlikely that purely genetic or ecological factors explain the differences in sounds of different orangutan populations. Rather, it's more likely others copy one orangutan's innovative sound because the sound serves a function. "This is a very strong indication that different sounds among wild populations are learned and are not purely genetically or ecologically based," Wich said. "This is a great indication that orangutans can learn sounds not in their repertoire from another species, and they are flexible in using them." The scientific investigation with Bonnie at the National Zoo was supported in part by a grant from the David Bohnett Foundation and complements field studies of wild orangutans, where differences have been noted in the call repertoires between populations. A strength at Great Ape Trust is the ability of its scientists to conduct simultaneous studies on both captive orangutans and wild orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra at the Ketambe Research Center, where Wich is research co-manager. "Bringing captive and field research together is an unharvested field," Wich said, "and it offers great potential to Great Ape Trust." The research also builds on earlier investigations by ape language pioneer Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh a scientist with special standing at Great Ape Trust, and others on the ability of great apes to imitate human speech. Specifically, Savage-Rumbaugh's 1991 investigation centered on whether the bonobo Kanzi, a member of the colony of bonobos now living at Great Ape Trust, might have structurally different vocalizations than bonobos in another group. In a 2004 study, Savage-Rumbaugh looked at whether Kanzi was attempting to imitate human speech. The results of these studies did enlarge scientists' appreciation of the plasticity in primate sound and vocal learning and indicated that primates might have some plasticity to produce completely new sounds, Wich and his colleagues wrote. The new findings reopen the door on such research. "One of the main things we do not understand yet is the evolution of speech," Wich said. Wich will present the findings on Dec. 18 at a scientific symposium on orangutan genetics at the University of Z?rich, Switzerland. Dr. John R. Grehan Director of Science Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 email: jgrehan@sciencebuff.org Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 Panbiogeography http://www.sciencebuff.org/biogeography_and_evolutionary_biology.php Ghost moth research http://www.sciencebuff.org/systematics_and_evolution_of_hepialdiae.php Human evolution and the great apes http://www.sciencebuff.org/human_origin_and_the_great_apes.php ? From sherrow at ohio.edu Sat Dec 13 09:49:33 2008 From: sherrow at ohio.edu (Hogan M. Sherrow) Date: Sat Dec 13 09:47:49 2008 Subject: [PS] whistling orangutan In-Reply-To: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C58F@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> References: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C58F@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> Message-ID: <1229183373.4943d98def347@webmail.ohio.edu> One orangutan learned to whistle by mimicking a keeper, not by herself. I think it is a great indicator of how versatile apes are in their verbal capabilities and how good they are at "aping". I think it also is a good indicator of how boring zoo life can be. Quoting John Grehan : > Orangutans learned to whistle - by themselves. It will be interesting > to see if chimpanzees or gorillas can learn to do this as well. > > John Grehan > > > Des Moines, Iowa - December 11, 2008 - Throughout history, human > beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to > carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is > providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the > evolution of speech and learning. > In a paper published this month in Primates, an international journal > of primatology that provides a forum on all aspects of primates in > relation to humans and other animals, Great Ape Trust scientist Dr. > Serge Wich and his colleagues provide the first-ever documentation of > a primate mimicking a sound from another species without being > specifically trained to do so. Bonnie, a 30-year-old female orangutan > living at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, > D.C., began whistling - a sound that is in a human's, but not an > orangutan's, repertoire - after hearing an animal caretaker make the > sound. > "This is important because it provides a mechanism to explain > documented between-population variation in sounds for wild > orangutans," Wich said. "In addition, it counters a long-held > assumption that non-human primates have fairly fixed sound > repertoires that are not under voluntary control. Being able to learn > new sounds and use these voluntarily are also two important aspects > of human speech and these findings open up new avenues to study > certain aspects of human speech evolution in our closest relatives." > > Previous studies have indicated that orangutans and chimpanzees are > capable of species-atypical sounds and vocalizations, but only under > the strong influence of human training. Bonnie, however, was not > explicitly trained to whistle, according to Wich and his co-authors - > Great Ape Trust scientists Dr. Karyl Swartz and Dr. Rob Shumaker; > Madeleine E. Hardus and Adriano R. Lameira, doctoral candidates at > the Utrecht University in The Netherlands assigned to the Ketambe > Research Center in Sumatra, where Wich is research co-manager; and > Erin Stromberg, an animal caretaker at the National Zoo. > > > Scientists have long known that orangutans copy physical movements of > humans, but Bonnie's whistling indicates that the learning capacities > of orangutans and other great apes in the auditory domain might be > more flexible than previously believed, Wich said. The behavior goes > against the argument that orangutans have no control over their > vocalizations and the sounds are purely emotional - that is, an > involuntary response to stimuli such as predators. > Bonnie appears to whistle for the sake of making a sound rather than > to receive a food reward or some other incentive. If asked to > whistle, she is likely to oblige, another indication to scientists > that she makes the sound voluntarily. > In their paper, Wich and his colleagues also shared anecdotal > information about Indah, a female orangutan who lived with Bonnie at > the National Zoo before moving to Great Ape Trust in 2004. Indah also > began to whistle some years after Bonnie was first observed making > the sound in the late 1980s, but Indah died before recordings could > be made of her whistles. Scientists believe that Indah's whistling > was a vocalization learned from Bonnie. > That compares with what scientists assume about social learning in > wild orangutan populations. For example earlier work by Dr. van > Schaik and colleagues showed that wild orangutans in one population > make a "raspberry" sound during nest-making, while orangutans in > another population make a "nest smack" sound when engaged in the same > activity. Wich said it's unlikely that purely genetic or ecological > factors explain the differences in sounds of different orangutan > populations. Rather, it's more likely others copy one orangutan's > innovative sound because the sound serves a function. > "This is a very strong indication that different sounds among wild > populations are learned and are not purely genetically or > ecologically based," Wich said. "This is a great indication that > orangutans can learn sounds not in their repertoire from another > species, and they are flexible in using them." > The scientific investigation with Bonnie at the National Zoo was > supported in part by a grant from the David Bohnett Foundation and > complements field studies of wild orangutans, where differences have > been noted in the call repertoires between populations. A strength at > Great Ape Trust is the ability of its scientists to conduct > simultaneous studies on both captive orangutans and wild orangutans > on the Indonesian island of Sumatra at the Ketambe Research Center, > where Wich is research co-manager. > "Bringing captive and field research together is an unharvested > field," Wich said, "and it offers great potential to Great Ape > Trust." > The research also builds on earlier investigations by ape language > pioneer Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh a scientist with special standing at > Great Ape Trust, and others on the ability of great apes to imitate > human speech. Specifically, Savage-Rumbaugh's 1991 investigation > centered on whether the bonobo Kanzi, a member of the colony of > bonobos now living at Great Ape Trust, might have structurally > different vocalizations than bonobos in another group. In a 2004 > study, Savage-Rumbaugh looked at whether Kanzi was attempting to > imitate human speech. > The results of these studies did enlarge scientists' appreciation of > the plasticity in primate sound and vocal learning and indicated that > primates might have some plasticity to produce completely new sounds, > Wich and his colleagues wrote. > The new findings reopen the door on such research. > "One of the main things we do not understand yet is the evolution of > speech," Wich said. > Wich will present the findings on Dec. 18 at a scientific symposium > on orangutan genetics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. > > > Dr. John R. Grehan > Director of Science > Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway > Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 > email: jgrehan@sciencebuff.org > Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 > > Panbiogeography > http://www.sciencebuff.org/biogeography_and_evolutionary_biology.php > Ghost moth research > http://www.sciencebuff.org/systematics_and_evolution_of_hepialdiae.php > Human evolution and the great apes > http://www.sciencebuff.org/human_origin_and_the_great_apes.php >   > > > _______________________________________________ > Primate-Science mailing list > Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu > http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science > Hogan M. Sherrow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology Ohio University From sherrow at ohio.edu Sat Dec 13 10:06:33 2008 From: sherrow at ohio.edu (Hogan M. Sherrow) Date: Sat Dec 13 10:04:35 2008 Subject: [PS] zoo boredom comment Message-ID: <1229184393.4943dd8966157@webmail.ohio.edu> Dear all, please excuse my zoo boredom comment. I hope that noone takes offense to it, as it wasn't meant as a condemnation of any zoo or particular program. Instead I meant it as an observation that in a zoo environment, where there is no place else to go and only so much enrichment that can be done [and there has been great enrichment for apes at most zoos I've visited] Bonnie was able to focus on a keeper enough to mimick his whistle. Again, I hope I didn't offend anyone. Hogan Hogan M. Sherrow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology Ohio University From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Sat Dec 13 10:46:14 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Sat Dec 13 10:44:20 2008 Subject: [PS] whistling orangutan In-Reply-To: <1229183373.4943d98def347@webmail.ohio.edu> References: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C58F@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> <1229183373.4943d98def347@webmail.ohio.edu> Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C595@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> Referring to 'by herself' I meant that she was not trained. Interesting comment about boredom being a possible stimulus (not that is intended as a justification). The question for the future whether this particular mimicking capability is also present in other great apes. John Grehan -----Original Message----- From: Hogan M. Sherrow [mailto:sherrow@ohio.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 10:50 AM To: John Grehan Cc: primate-science@primate.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [PS] whistling orangutan One orangutan learned to whistle by mimicking a keeper, not by herself. I think it is a great indicator of how versatile apes are in their verbal capabilities and how good they are at "aping". I think it also is a good indicator of how boring zoo life can be. Quoting John Grehan : > Orangutans learned to whistle - by themselves. It will be interesting > to see if chimpanzees or gorillas can learn to do this as well. > > John Grehan > > > Des Moines, Iowa - December 11, 2008 - Throughout history, human > beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to > carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is > providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the > evolution of speech and learning. > In a paper published this month in Primates, an international journal > of primatology that provides a forum on all aspects of primates in > relation to humans and other animals, Great Ape Trust scientist Dr. > Serge Wich and his colleagues provide the first-ever documentation of > a primate mimicking a sound from another species without being > specifically trained to do so. Bonnie, a 30-year-old female orangutan > living at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, > D.C., began whistling - a sound that is in a human's, but not an > orangutan's, repertoire - after hearing an animal caretaker make the > sound. > "This is important because it provides a mechanism to explain > documented between-population variation in sounds for wild > orangutans," Wich said. "In addition, it counters a long-held > assumption that non-human primates have fairly fixed sound repertoires > that are not under voluntary control. Being able to learn new sounds > and use these voluntarily are also two important aspects of human > speech and these findings open up new avenues to study certain aspects > of human speech evolution in our closest relatives." > > Previous studies have indicated that orangutans and chimpanzees are > capable of species-atypical sounds and vocalizations, but only under > the strong influence of human training. Bonnie, however, was not > explicitly trained to whistle, according to Wich and his co-authors - > Great Ape Trust scientists Dr. Karyl Swartz and Dr. Rob Shumaker; > Madeleine E. Hardus and Adriano R. Lameira, doctoral candidates at the > Utrecht University in The Netherlands assigned to the Ketambe Research > Center in Sumatra, where Wich is research co-manager; and Erin > Stromberg, an animal caretaker at the National Zoo. > > > Scientists have long known that orangutans copy physical movements of > humans, but Bonnie's whistling indicates that the learning capacities > of orangutans and other great apes in the auditory domain might be > more flexible than previously believed, Wich said. The behavior goes > against the argument that orangutans have no control over their > vocalizations and the sounds are purely emotional - that is, an > involuntary response to stimuli such as predators. > Bonnie appears to whistle for the sake of making a sound rather than > to receive a food reward or some other incentive. If asked to whistle, > she is likely to oblige, another indication to scientists that she > makes the sound voluntarily. > In their paper, Wich and his colleagues also shared anecdotal > information about Indah, a female orangutan who lived with Bonnie at > the National Zoo before moving to Great Ape Trust in 2004. Indah also > began to whistle some years after Bonnie was first observed making the > sound in the late 1980s, but Indah died before recordings could be > made of her whistles. Scientists believe that Indah's whistling was a > vocalization learned from Bonnie. > That compares with what scientists assume about social learning in > wild orangutan populations. For example earlier work by Dr. van Schaik > and colleagues showed that wild orangutans in one population make a > "raspberry" sound during nest-making, while orangutans in another > population make a "nest smack" sound when engaged in the same > activity. Wich said it's unlikely that purely genetic or ecological > factors explain the differences in sounds of different orangutan > populations. Rather, it's more likely others copy one orangutan's > innovative sound because the sound serves a function. > "This is a very strong indication that different sounds among wild > populations are learned and are not purely genetically or ecologically > based," Wich said. "This is a great indication that orangutans can > learn sounds not in their repertoire from another species, and they > are flexible in using them." > The scientific investigation with Bonnie at the National Zoo was > supported in part by a grant from the David Bohnett Foundation and > complements field studies of wild orangutans, where differences have > been noted in the call repertoires between populations. A strength at > Great Ape Trust is the ability of its scientists to conduct > simultaneous studies on both captive orangutans and wild orangutans on > the Indonesian island of Sumatra at the Ketambe Research Center, where > Wich is research co-manager. > "Bringing captive and field research together is an unharvested > field," Wich said, "and it offers great potential to Great Ape Trust." > The research also builds on earlier investigations by ape language > pioneer Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh a scientist with special standing at > Great Ape Trust, and others on the ability of great apes to imitate > human speech. Specifically, Savage-Rumbaugh's 1991 investigation > centered on whether the bonobo Kanzi, a member of the colony of > bonobos now living at Great Ape Trust, might have structurally > different vocalizations than bonobos in another group. In a 2004 > study, Savage-Rumbaugh looked at whether Kanzi was attempting to > imitate human speech. > The results of these studies did enlarge scientists' appreciation of > the plasticity in primate sound and vocal learning and indicated that > primates might have some plasticity to produce completely new sounds, > Wich and his colleagues wrote. > The new findings reopen the door on such research. > "One of the main things we do not understand yet is the evolution of > speech," Wich said. > Wich will present the findings on Dec. 18 at a scientific symposium on > orangutan genetics at the University of Z?rich, Switzerland. > > > Dr. John R. Grehan > Director of Science > Buffalo Museum of Science1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211-1193 > email: jgrehan@sciencebuff.org > Phone: (716) 896-5200 ext 372 > > Panbiogeography > http://www.sciencebuff.org/biogeography_and_evolutionary_biology.php > Ghost moth research > http://www.sciencebuff.org/systematics_and_evolution_of_hepialdiae.php > Human evolution and the great apes > http://www.sciencebuff.org/human_origin_and_the_great_apes.php > ? > > > _______________________________________________ > Primate-Science mailing list > Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu > http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science > Hogan M. Sherrow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology Ohio University From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Dec 15 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Dec 15 14:00:12 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 15, 2008) Message-ID: <200812152000.mBFK03Jc021884@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Gibbon feet provide model for early human walking (EurekAlert; December 15, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8413 Chimp takes revenge at Indian zoo (AFP; December 15, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8414 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From ruidiogo at gwu.edu Mon Dec 15 15:59:21 2008 From: ruidiogo at gwu.edu (Rui Boliqueime Martins Diogo) Date: Mon Dec 15 15:57:21 2008 Subject: [PS] Identification of old world monkey Message-ID: Dear all, Together with M.A. Aziz from Howard University, I am dissecting the head muscles of an old world monkey, but we are not completely sure to which specific species the specimen belongs. It has a cheek pouch, and it is very likely of the genus Macaca, but we are not completely sure of that, and particularly of the species name. Could someone that is more familiarized with old world monkey species please help us with the identification? We took photos of the head, before the dissection, both in frontal and lateral views, as well as several photos of the cranium, after the dissection, and we think it would be probably easy for someone that is more used to easily confirm the genus, and possibly also the species, of the specimen. We cannot send the photos in this email, but if someone would be willing to help us with the identification, just let us know and we will send you the photos. Thank you very, very much in advance! 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WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the responsibility for conforming to local, state, regional and national employment listing regulations lies with the listing organization. The Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health), will not be held liable for misinformation in, or consequences resulting from, postings to Primate-Jobs. Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Dec 16 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Dec 16 14:00:13 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 16, 2008) Message-ID: <200812162000.mBGK03GG010953@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ D. C. Gajdusek, 85; won Nobel for work on brain diseases (Boston Globe; December 16, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8415 S.F. Zoo's new momma gorilla needs lessons (San Francisco Chronicle; December 9, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8416 HIV penetrates genital skin of healthy women, scientists find (CBC; December 16, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8418 Dame Jane Goodall: Lady and the chimps (Telegraph, UK; December 16, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8419 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Dec 17 14:00:04 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Dec 17 14:00:21 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 17, 2008) Message-ID: <200812172000.mBHK04j2029933@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution (Scientific American; December 1, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8420 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center for Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the News as an informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Wed Dec 17 14:29:08 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Wed Dec 17 14:27:07 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 17, 2008) In-Reply-To: <200812172000.mBHK04j2029933@white.primate.wisc.edu> References: <200812172000.mBHK04j2029933@white.primate.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C5BD@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> Scientific American is an example of a science journal that has taken a partisan position on human origins. It has refused to publish on the orangutan theory so that leave their continued promotion of the chimpanzee orthodoxy. Regarding the image shown of Homo habilis - note the effort to make the individual look like a chimpanzee. John Grehan > -----Original Message----- > From: primate-science-bounces@primate.wisc.edu [mailto:primate-science- > bounces@primate.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ray Hamel > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:00 PM > To: primate-science@primate.wisc.edu > Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 17, 2008) > > > The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ > > > > The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution > (Scientific American; December 1, 2008) > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8420 > > > > ------ > > Primates in the News on the web: > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ > Primates in the News via RSS feed: > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml > > > Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library > at the > University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant > numbers > RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center > for > Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. > > Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the > News as an > informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked > sites, > nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in > that > content. > > ------ > > _______________________________________________ > Primate-Science mailing list > Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu > http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science From jgrehan at sciencebuff.org Wed Dec 17 16:00:44 2008 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Wed Dec 17 15:58:40 2008 Subject: [PS] the big lie In-Reply-To: <200812172000.mBHK04j2029933@white.primate.wisc.edu> References: <200812172000.mBHK04j2029933@white.primate.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990131C5C1@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> The following quote from the web link illustrates the Big Lie, because it is factually incorrect that there is "abundant evidence from fossils" validating Darwin's prediction. In fact, there is no evidence at all, which is why paleoanthropologists get so tied up in the contradictions. "In it he declared the chimpanzee and gorilla our closest living relatives based on anatomical similarities and predicted that the earliest ancestors of humans would turn up in Africa, where our ape kin live today. At the time, only a handful of human fossils were known-all of them Neandertals from sites in western Europe. Since then, abundant evidence from fossils and genetic analyses has validated Darwin's claims. We now know that our closest living relative is the chimpanzee and that humans arose in Africa between five million and seven million years ago, after our lineage diverged from that of the chimp." > > The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution > (Scientific American; December 1, 2008) > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8420 > > > > ------ > > Primates in the News on the web: > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ > Primates in the News via RSS feed: > http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml > > > Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library > at the > University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant > numbers > RR000167 and RR015311, National Primate Centers Program, National Center > for > Research Resources, the National Institutes of Health. > > Note that the Wisconsin Primate Research Center provides Primates in the > News as an > informational service. We are not responsible for the content of linked > sites, > nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in > that > content. > > ------ > > _______________________________________________ > Primate-Science mailing list > Primate-Science@primate.wisc.edu > http://www.primate.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/primate-science From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 18 00:00:02 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Dec 18 00:00:15 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200812180600.mBI602Nb006482@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Research Assistant, Thomas Jefferson University http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1408 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Dec 18 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Dec 18 14:00:50 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 18, 2008) Message-ID: <200812182000.mBIK03ps018536@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Free-Range Research Could Save Chimps - and Our Conscience (Wired; December 17, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8421 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Fri Dec 19 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Fri Dec 19 14:00:10 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 19, 2008) Message-ID: <200812192000.mBJK03Kr004166@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates Get a Neural Facial (Science News; December 18, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8422 Humans And Chimps Register Faces By Using Similar Brain Regions (ScienceDaily; December 18, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8423 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Dec 23 00:00:02 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Dec 23 00:00:11 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200812230600.mBN602QE016287@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Veterinarian (voluntary), Vervet Monkey Foundation http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1409 Volunteer Field Assistant for Project on Ecology of Siberut Macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1410 ------ Primate-Jobs on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs Primate-Jobs via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/jobs.xml Primate-Jobs is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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Inclusion of a job listing does not imply endorsement of the listing organization. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Dec 23 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Dec 23 14:00:11 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 23, 2008) Message-ID: <200812232000.mBNK03MY027266@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Anthropologist Wins National Recognition for Research, Education (University of Arkansas Daily Headlines; December 22, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8427 Blind man 'sees' his way past obstacles (New Scientist; December 22, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8428 Despite rocky start, Mahal growing up to be normal orangutan (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel; December 23, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8429 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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We are not responsible for the content of linked sites, nor does inclusion of a link imply endorsement of the views expressed in that content. ------ From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Wed Dec 24 14:00:03 2008 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Dec 24 14:00:18 2008 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (December 24, 2008) Message-ID: <200812242000.mBOK03No011113@white.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Africa's Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies (Discovery News; December 23, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8430 A Highly Evolved Propensity for Deceit (New York Times; December 22, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8431 Red hot (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; December 23, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8432 Obesity epidemic strikes zoo animals (ScrippsNews; December 23, 2008) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=8433 ------ Primates in the News on the web: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Primates in the News via RSS feed: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/rss/news.xml Primates in the News is maintained by the Lawrence Jacobsen (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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