From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Nov 3 00:01:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Nov 2 23:59:01 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200911030601.nA36193u015363@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Research Support Specialist, SoBran, Inc http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1716 Research Assistant II, Vanderbilt University http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1717 Team Leader Chimanzee Complex m/f, Stichting AAP http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1715 ------ 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 Nov 3 09:00:01 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Nov 3 08:57:58 2009 Subject: [PS] Upcoming Primate Meetings Message-ID: <200911031500.nA3F01Gm009965@saimiri.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. 37TH ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIMATE VETERINARIANS (APV) WORKSHOP Dates: November 5, 2009 - November 7, 2009 Sponsor: Association of Primate Veterinarians Location: Omni Interlocken Resort, Denver, Colorado Web Site: http://www.primatevets.org 60TH AALAS NATIONAL MEETING Dates: November 8, 2009 - November 12, 2009 Sponsor: AALAS Location: Denver, CO Web Site: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/ THE RED APE DEBATE – THE FUTURE FOR THE ORANG-UTAN Date: November 27, 2009 Sponsor: World Land Trust Location: The Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society, London Web Site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org/news/events.htm#debate PRIMATE SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN WINTER MEETING 2009: PRIMATE STRESS: CAUSES, RESPONSES AND CONSEQUENCES Dates: December 1, 2009 - December 2, 2009 Sponsor: Primate Society of Great Britain Location: Zoological Society of London, London, UK. Web Site: http://www.psgb.org/Meetings/Winter2009.htm THIRD ANNUAL ENRICHMENT EXTRAVAGANZA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT AND BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM Date: April 15, 2010 Sponsor: New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research and Merck & Co., Inc Location: National Conference Center at the Holiday Inn, East Windsor, NJ ANIMAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (AATA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dates: May 9, 2010 - May 12, 2010 Sponsor: Animal Transport Association Location: Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Web Site: http://www.aata-animaltransport.org/conference.htm AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS MEETING Dates: June 16, 2010 - June 19, 2010 Sponsor: American Society of Primatologists Location: Louisville, Kentucky Web Site: http://www.asp.org/meetings/index.html 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 Tue Nov 3 14:00:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Nov 3 13:57:57 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 3, 2009) Message-ID: <200911032000.nA3K08S9028244@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Precuneus region of human and monkey brain is divided into 4 distinct regions (EurekAlert; November 2, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9046 Gorillas at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Placed on Heart Healthy Diet (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor; November 2, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9047 Cientistas: 'elo perdido' dos primatas pode ser só um lêmure (Terra Networks, Brazil; October 22, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9048 On 'Nova,'Theories of How the Apes Became Us (New York Times; November 2, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9049 ------ 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 brown at primate.wisc.edu Wed Nov 4 09:00:22 2009 From: brown at primate.wisc.edu (Joanne Brown) Date: Wed Nov 4 08:58:16 2009 Subject: [PS] New books at the Jacobsen Primate Library -- October 2009 Message-ID: <200911041500.nA4F0M1L015412@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following acquisitions have been processed in the Jacobsen 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 October 2009-- Australasian Primate Society. Abstracts of the annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society. Australasian Primate Society, 2002. http://www.primates.on.net/apsconf.htm Australasian Primate Society. Abstracts of the annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society, 2007. Australasian Primate Society, 2007. http://www.primates.on.net/apsconf.htm Australasian Primate Society. Abstracts of the annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society, 2008. Australasian Primate Society, 2008. http://www.primates.on.net/apsconf.htm Boesch, Christophe. The real chimpanzee: sex strategies in the forest. Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780521125130. Corlett, Richard T. The ecology of tropical East Asia. Oxford Univ Press, 2009. ISBN 9780199532452. Coutinho, Camila Reis. Analise exploratoria da pratica do turismo na RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala e o interacionismo com a comunidade local. Bachelor's degree, tourism -- Instituto Doctum, Caratinga, MG, Brazil, 2005. http://www.preservemuriqui.org.br/artigos/camila_reis_pesquisa.pdf Fanton, John W., ... [et al.]. Influence of large volume phlebotomy on compensatory tracking performance in rhesus monkeys. Armstrong Laboratory, Occupational and Environmental Health Directorate, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA305828 Francis, Charles M.; Barrett, Priscilla, ill. A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland, 2008. ISBN 9781845377359. Going to pot: the neotropical bushmeat crisis and its impact on primate populations. Care for the Wild and Pro Wildlife, 2007. http://www.careforthewild.com/files/Bushmeatreport1206_singlepages.pdf Griffith, Edward. General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals, arranged conformably to the modern discoveries and improvements in zoology: order Quadrumana. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1821. LATG: tecnologo en animales de laboratorio. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 1991. Miller, Robert. A theory of the basal ganglia and their disorders. CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 9781420058970. Morris, Desmond. Planet ape. Firefly Books, 2009. ISBN 9781554075669. Peters, Wilhelm C. H. Uber die Saugethier-gattung Chiromys (Aye-aye). Berlin: In commission bei G. Reimer, 1865. Psychological Well-Being Program, Washington National Primate Research Center. Catarrhine cafe cookbook. National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, 2001. http://www.wanprc.org/WANPRC/cookbook-forExternal.pdf Sorenson, John. Ape. Reaktion Books, 2009. ISBN 9781861894229. Verhulst, Jos; Creeger, Catherine, trans. Developmental dynamics in humans and other primates: discovering evolutionary principles through comparative morphology. Adonis Press, 2003. ISBN 9780932776280. ------ New Books list on the web: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/collections/newbooks.php New Books list via RSS feed: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/rss/books.xml ------ -- Joanne Brown, Technical Services Librarian Jacobsen Library and Information Service Wisconsin National Primate Research Center 1220 Capitol Ct. Madison, WI 53715-1237 Phone: 608-263-3512 Fax: 608-265-2067 Email: brown@primate.wisc.edu From lowlandgorilla at aol.com Wed Nov 4 10:32:07 2009 From: lowlandgorilla at aol.com (lowlandgorilla@aol.com) Date: Wed Nov 4 11:01:05 2009 Subject: [PS] Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior Message-ID: <8CC2B837BCB2F0D-34D8-102E9@webmail-m071.sysops.aol.com> Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/uol-hta110409.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 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 Thu Nov 5 00:01:10 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Nov 4 23:58:58 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200911050601.nA561Apr028416@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Primate Carer, International Primate & Exotic Animal Association of South Africa http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1719 Information Processing Consultant, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1720 Assistant Professor, Anthropology, The University of Arizona, School of Anthropology http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1722 --POSITIONS WANTED-- Yool use and behavioral biology, primatology and human evolution http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1721 ------ 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 brown at primate.wisc.edu Thu Nov 5 12:23:23 2009 From: brown at primate.wisc.edu (Joanne Brown) Date: Thu Nov 5 12:21:22 2009 Subject: [PS] New Book Announcement: Zoos In The 21st Century: Catalysts For Conservation? Message-ID: <4AF3181B.5050409@primate.wisc.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 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 Thu Nov 5 16:20:10 2009 From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org (John Grehan) Date: Thu Nov 5 16:18:12 2009 Subject: [PS] Homo floresiensis phylogeney Message-ID: <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990174DFAF@bmsmail.sciencebuff.org> Some of you may be aware of the cladistic analysis of Homo floresiensis relationships published in the Journal of Human Evolution. The authors propose that their evidence support two equally parsimonious trees, both of which place floresiensis as a relatively basal member of Homo (with only H. habilis and H. rudolfensis being more basal). But the analysis turns out to be quite problematic to say the least. At first glance it would seem to be a thorough study with a total of 60 characters. But the details undermine their validity. Of the 60, 17 characters have cladistically invalid character states - i.e. the character states for the ingroup (hominids including hobbit) are all in the outgroup. This means that the similarity between any of the ingroup may be due to primitive retention. A further 25 characters were uninformative (even if they are correctly documented) for the hobbit because the hobbit character state is either in the outgroup (most cases) and therefore not a cladistic feature, or is missing for the hobbit, or autapomorphic for the hobbit. One character appears to be incorrectly documented or and problematically compared (character 3). This leaves only 17 characters (less than a third of the total) that have the appearance of conforming to cladistic requirements and informative for similarities between the hobbit and other hominids. But even here the comparison are marred by the lack of descriptive documentation (actual measurements and illustrations) as well as an outgroup being limited to the African apes. So whether the remaining 17 have any validity remains to be seen. But at this point the description of 'cladistic' is somewhat misleading and the result far from providing any confidence about its phylogenetic placement. 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/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/evolutionary-biography Ghost moth research http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/ghost-moths Human evolution and the great apes http://www.sciencebuff.org/research/current-research-activities/john-gre han/human-origins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20091105/a6a97b63/attachment-0001.html From jdewar at gorilla-haven.org Fri Nov 6 05:41:14 2009 From: jdewar at gorilla-haven.org (Jane T. R. Dewar) Date: Fri Nov 6 05:39:41 2009 Subject: [PS] Re: [gorillakeepers] Zoo Atlanta Gorilla Volunteers For Blood Pressure Exam References: <8CC2C89BB2D7B29-9518-AECA@webmail-m059.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <94919880D7BD471DA1492396F7F78490@Jane4600> Congrats to Jodi and the folk at Zoo Atlanta for this milestone!! j ----- Original Message ----- From: lowlandgorilla@aol.com To: gorillakeepers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: [gorillakeepers] Zoo Atlanta Gorilla Volunteers For Blood Pressure Exam Always good news hearing about gorilla health research moving forward. 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URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20091106/d7dfbfdd/attachment.html From Eric.Delson at lehman.cuny.edu Sun Nov 8 21:44:56 2009 From: Eric.Delson at lehman.cuny.edu (Eric Delson) Date: Sun Nov 8 21:43:04 2009 Subject: [PS] New York primatology lecture on anthropoid evolution, November 12 Message-ID: <20091109034507322.LGNG23932@hrndva-omta04.mail.rr.com> The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP) invites you to attend the following lecture in The New York Regional Primatology Colloquium: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- November 12, 6:45 pm NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF ANTHROPOID PRIMATES Erik Seiffert, SUNY Stony Brook in the Sackler Teaching Lab, American Museum of Natural History The lab is outside the Hall of Human Origins. Enter the Museum on 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. The Sackler teaching lab is located nearby, and NYCEP students will be present to guide you there. Dinner with the speaker is open to all after the talk. Please contact Eric.Delson@lehman.cuny.edu if you have any questions or to request dinner information. FORTHCOMING TALK (DETAILS TO COME, HOLD THE DATE): Dec 3: George (P.J.) Perry, University of Chicago From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Nov 9 14:00:08 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Nov 9 13:57:52 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 9, 2009) Message-ID: <200911092000.nA9K081P014229@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Malaria’s deadly leap from chimps to humans (Boston Globe; November 9, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9053 ------ 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 brown at primate.wisc.edu Mon Nov 9 15:48:08 2009 From: brown at primate.wisc.edu (Joanne Brown) Date: Mon Nov 9 15:46:02 2009 Subject: [PS] New Book Announcement: Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics And Study Of Host-parasite Relationships Message-ID: <4AF88E18.6070602@primate.wisc.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20091110/45eb5bb5/attachment.html From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Tue Nov 10 14:00:02 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Nov 10 13:57:38 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 10, 2009) Message-ID: <200911102000.nAAK02Ao003798@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Scientists want debate on animals with human genes (Reuters; November 9, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9054 Baboons catch the yawns also (Milwaukee Examiner; November 8, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9055 ------ 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 Thu Nov 12 00:01:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Nov 11 23:58:51 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200911120601.nAC6192R005294@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Part Time Animal Care Technician, Lemur Conservation Foundation http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1727 Manager/Director of a primate rehabilitation centre needed, Primate Rescue Project http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1723 Student Researcher, Orangutan Health Project http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1724 Field Assistant, State University of New York, Oneonta http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1725 Technical Assistant, University of Leipzig, Germany http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1726 --POSITIONS WANTED-- Primate behavior and conservation http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1718 ------ 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 s.k.thorpe at bham.ac.uk Thu Nov 12 13:11:44 2009 From: s.k.thorpe at bham.ac.uk (Susannah Thorpe) Date: Thu Nov 12 13:09:29 2009 Subject: [PS] 2-Day symposium on AI-Inspired Biology (AIIB) at AISB'2010 Message-ID: Dear All Please find details below of a symposium that you may find interesting All best Susannah CALLING: Biologists, psychologists, linguists, philosophers, neuroscientists, roboticists, AI-researchers... CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Paper and poster submissions are invited for a Two-day Symposium on AI-Inspired Biology (AIIB) (Not Biologically Inspired AI -- BIAI!) http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/aiib/ 31st March--1st April 2010 Sponsored by EUCogII (http://www.eucognition.org/ ) to be held at the AISB 2010 Convention along with 13 other symposia on 29th March - 1st April 2010 at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/AISB2010.html The AIIB symposium will mainly be concerned with: Past, ongoing and especially future influences FROM AI/robotics TO the study of natural cognition. This can include using relevance to natural cognition, as a test for generality and power of theories of artificial cognition. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Prof Kim Bard, Portsmouth University Prof Margaret Boden, Sussex University (will lead the closing discussion on "The way forward") Prof Nicky Clayton, Cambridge University Prof Nick Chater, University College London Prof Antje Meyer, University of Birmingham Prof Murray Shanahan, Imperial College London For more details see the AIIB web site (above) or write to THE ORGANISERS: Biosciences Jackie Chappell (Biology) j.m.chappell@bham.ac.uk [Symposium Chair] Susannah Thorpe (Biology) s.k.thorpe@bham.ac.uk School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham AI/Robotics/Philosophy Nick Hawes (AI/Robotics) N.A.Hawes@cs.bham.ac.uk Aaron Sloman (Philosophy/AI/Robotics) A.Sloman@cs.bham.ac.uk School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham More details regarding the symposium, including confirmed speakers, priorities for paper selection, submission categories, provisional style files and deadlines available here: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/aiib/ 2 page poster summaries and 6-8 page full papers are invited. See the web site for details. The web site will be retained after the symposium as a record of the meeting, with papers and presentations available online. The submission deadline will probably be mid December. Please look at the web site late November. At least one author of every accepted paper will be expected to attend the symposium. === Jackie Chappell , (Symposium Chair) Susannah Thorpe , Nick Hawes , Aaron Sloman Dr Susannah KS Thorpe Locomotor Ecology and Biomechanics Lab School of Biosciences University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5040 Email: S.K.Thorpe@bham.ac.uk From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Thu Nov 12 14:00:10 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Thu Nov 12 13:57:49 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 12, 2009) Message-ID: <200911122000.nACK0A58022747@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Africa's Rarest Monkey Had An Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms (ScienceDaily; November 11, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9056 Treatment To Improve Degenerating Muscle Gains Strength (ScienceDaily; November 11, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9057 PETA spy infiltrates U. animal-research labs, documents alleged suffering (Salt Lake Tribune; November 11, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9058 Monkeys Bulk Up as Gene Builds Size of Thigh Muscles (Bloomberg; November 11, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9059 Human-Chimp Gene Comparison Hints at Roots of Language (Wired; November 11, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9060 ------ 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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URL: http://white.primate.wisc.edu/pipermail/primate-science/attachments/20091116/7134d152/attachment.html From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Nov 16 14:00:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Nov 16 13:57:44 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 16, 2009) Message-ID: <200911162000.nAGK09qe020856@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Into the wild, once again (Washington Post; November 14, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9061 Stimulus money headed to primate facility in Southborough (Taunton Daily Gazette; November 16, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9062 Monkey business reveals the nature of love (The Age; November 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9063 Human Genome sees FDA delay with anthrax treatment (Associated Press; November 16, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9064 Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language (Science Centric; November 16, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9065 'Language gene' effects explored (BBC News; November 13, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9066 ------ 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 Nov 17 00:01:10 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Mon Nov 16 23:58:44 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200911170601.nAH61Ado015747@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- --POSITIONS WANTED-- Primate ecology, evolution, and/or behavior http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1728 ------ 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 Nov 17 14:00:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Tue Nov 17 13:57:42 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 17, 2009) Message-ID: <200911172000.nAHK09xo001620@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Madagascar's lemurs in danger from political turmoil and 'timber mafia' (Guardian; November 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9067 FDA Grants GeoVax Labs, Inc. Request For Pre-IND Meeting (PR Newswire; November 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9068 Your Brain on Books (Scientific American; November 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9069 ------ 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 Nov 18 14:00:10 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Nov 18 13:57:38 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate News (November 18, 2009) Message-ID: <200911182000.nAIK0A0L012373@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following links were recently posted on Primates in the News http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/inthenews/ Chimpanzee Murder, Conspiracy and Suicide Featured in New Play (Discovery News; November 17, 2009) http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=9070 ------ 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 Thu Nov 19 00:01:09 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel) Date: Wed Nov 18 23:58:40 2009 Subject: [PS] Recent Primate-Jobs postings Message-ID: <200911190601.nAJ619lB009199@saimiri.primate.wisc.edu> The following listings were recently posted on Primate-Jobs http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs --POSITIONS AVAILABLE-- Veterinary Technician II, SNBL USA, Ltd. http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1730 full professor or associate professor, Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1731 Experienced Caretaker m/f, Stichting AAP Primadomus Spain http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1732 Clinical Veterinarian, SNBL USA, SRC http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/listings/1733 ------ 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 spidersflies at yahoo.com Sun Nov 22 12:55:40 2009 From: spidersflies at yahoo.com (brooke aldrich) Date: Sun Nov 22 12:53:26 2009 Subject: [PS] Articles wanted! Message-ID: <287883.86899.qm@web54112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello, I wonder if anyone could provide me with any of the following articles... Thanks you in advance! Brooke Coleman,M.N.,DiFiore,A.,&Fernandez-Duque,E.(2009).A preliminary report on the interaction between ambient acoustics and primate vocalizations in the Ecuadorian Amazon. American Journal of Physical Anthropology(Suppl48):108. Gomez-Puerta,L.A.,Lopez-Urbina,M.T.&Gonzalez,A.E.(2009).Occurrence of tapeworm Bertiella mucronata(Cestoda:Anoplocephalidae)in the Titi monkey Callicebus oenanthe from Peru:new definitive host and geographical record.Veterinary Parasitology 163(1-2):161-163. Moore,W.D.(2009).Levels of resolution in the geographic distribution of pelage color characters as diagnostic taxonomic markers.An example from the Callicebus Cupreus-group.American Journal of Physical Anthropology(Suppl48):193. From hamel at primate.wisc.edu Mon Nov 23 08:14:19 2009 From: hamel at primate.wisc.edu (Raymond Hamel) Date: Mon Nov 23 08:11:46 2009 Subject: [PS] Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Field School Message-ID: <96AC9863ADFC4460BB2A5DB394C12355@NIKKO> The 4th annual Primatology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Field School will be held from August 3rd - 28th, 2009 in Kenya. This field school is a joint effort of Rutgers University, the National Museums of Kenya, and the Kenya Wildlife Services. If you have any students who might be interested, we would be grateful for you letting them know about this unique and exciting program. The field school provides a distinctive opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience in field work methodologies and research on some of Kenya's exquisite wildlife including a variety of Old World primates. One site we will visit is the Tana River Primate National Reserve where students will conduct independent research projects and have the opportunity to observe not only the two endemic and endangered species, the Tana River Mangabey and Tana River Red Colobus, but also yellow baboons and Sykes monkeys. We will also spend time on the Laikipia Plateau of central Kenya. At the different sites where we camp, students will receive lectures, complete readings and have discussions from the field school directors as well as a wide range of consultants to the field school including Dr. Martin Mulama of Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Dr. Paul Muoria of the African Wildlife Foundation, and Dr. Daniel Rubenstein of Mpala Research Centre to name a few. In addition, we will stay on Mugie Ranch where we visit their black rhino sanctuary and data collection lab. We will observe radio-collared lions and learn about the Laikipia Predator Project from Project Biologist Alayne Cotterill. Students will also do field work all in the course of a day, making the field school worth 6 academic credits. We would be very appreciative if you would inform your students about the field school. To obtain more information about this program visit our website at primate.rutgers.edu, contact me directly at jwharris@rci.rutgers.edu or visit the Rutgers Study Abroad web site at http://studyabroad.rutgers.edu. Thank you for your time. With best wishes, Jack Harris Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University Co-Director of Field Schools, Kenya From wjh2 at nyu.edu Mon Nov 23 08:40:20 2009 From: wjh2 at nyu.edu (Wendy Hughes) Date: Mon Nov 23 08:37:01 2009 Subject: [PS] sanctuary/retirement home for rhesus Message-ID: <43B83BDC5A1E46B59E13E8C9BE018474@ovrb998b50283a> Hi all, We have a 16 year old intact male rhesus, ~14kg who we would like to retire. Has anyone had any experience with Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fl? I want to make sure he has a good home at a reputable sanctuary. If there are other retirement homes that anyone has used, I would like to hear about them as well. Thanks in advance for your help! Wendy J Hughes, BA, RLATG, CMAR Operations Manager - Office of Veterinary Resources New York University - Washington Sq Campus 665 Broadway - Suite 804 New York, NY 10003 212-998-2147 V 917-821-1766 M 212-995-4908 F wjh2@nyu.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 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. ------