Primates Face to Face
The Conservation Implications of Human-nonhuman Primate Interconnections

This book examines the relationships between humans and other primates and the implications for primate conservation.

Agustín Fuentes (Edited by), Linda D. Wolfe (Edited by)

9780521791090, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 January 2002

360 pages, 33 b/w illus. 9 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.7 kg

'… disseminates the information gained from the anthropological study of nonhuman primates to the wider academic and non-academic world.' Human Evolution

As our closest evolutionary relatives, nonhuman primates are integral elements in our mythologies, diets and scientific paradigms, yet most species now face an uncertain future through exploitation for the pet and bushmeat trades as well as progressive habitat loss. New information about disease transmission, dietary and economic linkage, and the continuing international focus on conservation and primate research have created a surge of interest in primates, and focus on the diverse interaction of human and nonhuman primates has become an important component in primatological and ethnographic studies. By examining the diverse and fascinating range of relationships between humans and other primates, and how this plays a critical role in conservation practice and programs, Primates Face to Face disseminates the information gained from the anthropological study of nonhuman primates to the wider academic and non-academic world.

Foreword Karen Strier
Introduction Agustin Fuentes and Linda D. Wolfe
Part I. Science and Nonhuman Primates: 1. Anthropology and Primatology Phyllis Dolhinow
2. Resistance to the cross-species perspective in anthropology Mary M. Pavelka
3. The ethics and efficacy of biomedical research in Chimpanzees with special regard to HIV research Roger S. Fouts, Deborah H. Fouts and Gabriel S. Waters
Part II. Cultural Views of Nonhuman Primates: 4. Introduction to section Agustin Fuentes and Linda D. Wolfe
5. Monkey as food, monkey as child: Guaja symbolic cannibalism Loretta A. Cormier
6. Ethnoecology of monkeys among the Bari of Venezuela: perception, use and conservation Manuel Lizzaralde
7. Primates in Matsigenka subsistence and world view Glenn Shepard
8. Monkey King in China: basis for a conservation policy Frances Burton
9. Local population, conservation efforts and the mountain gorillas of Rwanda Pascale Sicotte and Prosper Uwengeri
Part III. Conservation of Nonhuman Primates: 10. Introduction to section Agustin Fuentes and Linda Wolfe
11. Monkeys, humans and politics in the Mentawai Islands: no simple solutions in a complex world Augustin Fuentes
12. Conservation must pursue a human-nature biosynergy in the era of social chaos and bushmeat commerce Anthony L. Rose
13. A cultural primatological study of Macaca fascicularis on Ngeaur Island, Republic of Palau Bruce Wheatley, Rebecca Stephenson, Hiro Kurashina and Kelly Kautz
14. Monkeys in the back yard: encroaching wildlife and rural communities in Japan David Sprague
Part IV. Local Economics: Goverment Actions and Nonhuman Primates: 15. Introduction to section Agustin Fuentes and Linda Wolfe
16. The primatologist as minority advocate Ardith Eudey
17. Monkey Business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand Lesley E. Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel
18. Rhesus macaques: a comparative study of two sites, Jaipur, India and Silver Springs, Florida Linda Wolfe.

Subject Areas: Conservation of wildlife & habitats [RNKH], Human biology [PSX], Primates [PSVW79], Zoology & animal sciences [PSV], Physical anthropology [JHMP]