Primate taxonomy: Species and conservation. Issue 1 (2nd January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rylands, Anthony B.; Mittermeier, Russell A.
• Is Part Of: Evolutionary anthropology. Volume 23:Issue 1(2014:Jan./Feb.)
• Page Start: 8
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2014-01-02
• Subjects: Human evolution -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Periodicals; Physical anthropology -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Homme -- Évolution -- Périodiques; Anthropologie -- Périodiques; Écologie humaine -- Périodiques; 599.905
• DOI: 10.1002/evan.21387
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1060-1538

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Primatology as a discrete branch of science involving the study of primate behavior and ecology took off in the 1960s after discovery of the importance of primates as models for biomedical research and the realization that primates provide insights into the evolutionary history of humans. Osman Hill's unfortunately incomplete monograph series on the comparative anatomy and taxonomy of the primates¹ and the Napiers' 1967 <italic>A Handbook of Living Primates</italic>² recorded the world's view of primate diversity at this time. This taxonomy remained the baseline for nearly three decades, with the diversity of each genus being represented by some species, but extensively as subspecies.</p> </abstract>