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PrimatesFacetoFace
Conservationimplicationsofhuman–nonhumanprimate
interconnections
Human and nonhuman primates share intertwined destinies. As our
closestevolutionaryrelatives,nonhumanprimatesareintegralelements
inourmythologies,dietsandscientificparadigms,yetmostspeciesnow
faceanuncertainfuturethroughexploitationforthepetandbushmeat
tradesaswellasprogressivehabitatloss.Newinformationaboutdisease
transmission, dietary and economic linkage, and the continuing inter-
nationalfocusonconservationandprimateresearchhavecreatedasurge
of interest in primates. Focus on the diverse interaction of human
and nonhuman primates has become an important component in
primatologicalandethnographicstudies.Byexaminingthediverseand
fascinatingrangeofrelationshipsbetweenhumansandotherprimates,
andhowthisplaysacriticalroleinconservationpracticeandprograms,
Primates Face to Face disseminates the information gained from the
anthropologicalstudyofnonhumanprimatestothewideracademicand
non-academicworld.
´ is Associate Professor of Anthropology and
Director of the Primate Behavior and Ecology Program at Central
WashingtonUniversity.Hisresearchinterestsincludeprimatebehavioral
ecology, the evolution of social organization, and conservation theory
andpractice.
. is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at East
CarolinaUniversity.Herresearchfocusesonprimatesexualandsocial
behaviors.
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CambridgeStudiesinBiologicalandEvolutionaryAnthropology
SeriesEditors
C.G.NicholasMascie-Taylor,UniversityofCambridge
MichaelA.Little,StateUniversityofNewYork,Binghamton
KennethM.Weiss,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
RobertA.Foley,UniversityofCambridge
NinaG.Jablonski,CaliforniaAcademyofScience
KarenB.Strier,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison
ConsultingEditors
EmeritusProfessorDerekF.Roberts
EmeritusProfessorGabrielW.Lasker
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Primates Face to Face
Conservation implications of
human–nonhumanprimate interconnections
AGUSTI´N FUENTES
and
LINDA D. WOLFE
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Toalltheprimates(humanandnonhuman)strugglingtosurviveina
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Contents
Listofcontributors pagexi
ForewordbyKarenB.Strier xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction 1
Part1 Scienceandnonhumanprimates 5
1 Anthropologyandprimatology 7
2 Resistancetothecross-speciesperspectiveinanthropology 25
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3 Theethicsandefficacyofbiomedicalresearchinchimpanzeeswith
specialregardtoHIVresearch 45
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Part2 Culturalviewsofnonhumanprimates 61
4 Monkeyasfood,monkeyaschild:Guaja´symboliccannibalism 63
5 EthnoecologyofmonkeysamongtheBar´ıofVenezuela:
perception,useandconservation 85
6 PrimatesinMatsigenkasubsistenceandworldview 101
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7 MonkeyKinginChina:basisforaconservationpolicy? 137
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8 ReflectionsontheconceptofnatureandgorillasinRwanda:
implicationsforconservation 163
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Description:Many aspects of human activity involve energy transfer of some type. Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology examines some of the ways in which measurements of energy intake, expenditure and balance have been used to study human populations by biological anthropologists and human biologists. The
