Neotropical Ethnoprimatology
Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of and Interactions with Nonhuman Primates
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Book Review: Geloion Mimēma. Studi sulla rappresentazione culturale della scimmia nei testi greci e greco-romani. By Marco Vespa. Brepols (Antiquité et Sciences Humaines, 7), Turnhout, 2021, 556 pp., €95.00 (paperback)
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The Ethnoprimatology of Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.): From Past to Present
Ethnoprimatological information about owl monkeys is relatively scant compared to other Neotropical primates. Nocturnality is the characteristic that modulates the interaction between owl monkeys and humans. I...
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Geographic Distribution of Owl Monkeys
The owl monkeys, genus Aotus, are among the most widely distributed of all platyrrhine genera. The 13 currently recognized taxa are found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, ...
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Open AccessCorrection: Mitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers
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Open AccessMitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers
Scientific collaborations among nations to address common problems and to build international partnerships as part of science diplomacy is a well-established notion. The international flow of people and ideas ...
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Galilei’s mutter, archeoprimatology, and the ´blue´ monkeys of Thera: a comment on Pruetz and Greenlaw (2021)
A recent debate on the taxonomic identification of the monkeys depicted in a fresco from Room 6 of Building Complex Beta in the Bronze Age town of Akrotiri, Thera (Greece) has triggered a multitude of differen...
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Occam’s razor, archeoprimatology, and the ‘blue’ monkeys of Thera: a reply to Pareja et al. (2020)
Recently, Pareja et al. (Primates, 61:159–168, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00778-12020) published a report suggesting that the monkeys represented by Minoans in Room 6 of Building Complex Beta at Akroti...
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On the Earliest Representations of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Were African Apes Traded to Bronze Age Elam?
There is no literature referring to the ancient iconographic depiction of apes in the eastern circum-Mediterranean region and the Near East. Written reports such as the Old Testament mention apes, but this may...
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Memories, Monkeys, and the Mapoyo People: Rethinking Ethnoprimatology in Eco-Historical Contexts of the Middle Orinoco, Venezuela
This chapter explores the uses, perceptions of, and interactions with monkeys by the Mapoyo, an indigenous society of Carib linguistic affiliation of the Middle Orinoco of Venezuela. Historical references of e...
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Primates in the Lives of the Yanomami People of Brazil and Venezuela
Primates constitute one of the main sources of animal protein for the Yanomami people of Brazil and Venezuela. Monkeys are also important in Yanomami mythology, technology, and body adornment. Ten primate spec...
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Open AccessRe-thinking the Migration of Cariban-Speakers from the Middle Orinoco River to North-Central Venezuela (AD 800)
Moving back in time from the early colonial to the late pre-colonial period we evaluate the hypothesis asserting the migratory movement of Cariban-speaking groups from the Middle Orinoco River area towards nor...
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Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Anatomy, Physiology, Sensory Ecology, and Evolution of Howler Monkeys?
The goals of this first chapter to our volume Howler Monkeys: Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology are to highlight the importance of morphological, genetic, and physiological studies for understanding...
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Interactions of Howler Monkeys with Other Vertebrates: A Review
Understanding the way howler monkeys interact with other vertebrates has critical ecological, evolutionary, cognitive, and conservation implications. In this review, we completed an extensive search of the ava...
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Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Management of Howler Monkeys?
The goals of this first chapter to our volume “Howler Monkeys: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation” are to highlight the importance of long-term studies for understanding howler behavioral ecology, evaluate the c...
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Ranging Behavior and Spatial Cognition of Howler Monkeys
Since the first long-term field study of mantled howler monkeys carried out by Clarence R. Carpenter on Barro Colorado Island about 80 years ago, howler movement patterns and range use have been studied in sev...
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The Ethnoprimatology of the Howler Monkeys (Alouatta spp.): From Past to Present
This chapter reviews the interface between humans and howler monkeys based on evidence from the archaeological record and the ethnography of contemporary indigenous societies. The record of howler monkeys inte...
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Feeding ecology and postural behaviour of the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus flaccidus) in northern Venezuela
We studied the diet, activity budget, vertical ranging, and postural behaviour in relation to weather of the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus flaccidus) in disturbed montane forest remnants (1150 m asl) in n...
