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Kevles, an award-winning author who was a senior lecturer in Yale’s Department of History, died on Aug. 18, two days short of her 85th birthday.

The Thammasat Museum of Anthropology has unveiled the new book Primate Studies to deepen our understanding of this group of mammals, including humans. It is part of the exhibition "Primate And Me" due in April to mark the 57th anniversary of Thammasat University's Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology.

Researchers from the Center for Primate Studies of IPB University's Agency for Research and Community Service (PSSP-LPPM) have developed a prototype for a ...

Who was Lucy The Human Chimp? Sabrina Aulak Updated: Apr 19 2021, 11:56 ET Lucy the Human Chimp was a primate adopted by scientists at two days old and raised as a human child. Learn about the tragic tale of the famous chimpanzee brought up as a human in a nature vs nurture experiment. 3 Who was Lucy The Human Chimp? Lucy was born in 1964 in a small zoo in Florida. Just two days after her birth, the chimpanzee was taken from her mother, who was sedated with a tranquillizer-laced cola. The unsu...

A stirring double portrait. TWITTER 4/29/2021 Alex Parkinsons documentary is a first-person account of an extraordinary bond between a famous chimpanzee and the young caretaker who befriended her in the second half of her life. Theres no such thing as a human chimp, but half a century ago a chimpanzees conditioning by her human "parents" famously blurred the lines. Lucy Temerlin lived in the suburbs with a psychologist and his wife, went for rides with them in the station wagon, and enjoyed the...

Introduction In trying to understand how aggression works, as well as aggressive emotions like anger, I decided to go to the animal literature. Human psychology research is all too prone to being determined by researchers’ preconceptions, and we all have a lot of firsthand experience and personal agendas when it comes to theorizing about human behavior. It’s easier to get some distance when thinking about animals; we have less stake in any particular theory of how animal emotions work. It...