Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival
Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.002
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
Hill, Catherine M.
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作者：
Hockings, Kimberley J.;McLennan, Matthew R.;Hill, Catherine M.
我们正处于一个新的时代，人类世，对我们最近的近亲--类人猿的研究必须跟上我们物种推动变革的速度。虽然许多研究的目标是了解类人猿在自然环境中的行为，但必须越来越多地考虑人类活动的影响。这既是一个挑战，也是一个机遇，它可以为三个不同领域的研究提供重要信息：认知，人类进化和保护。没有一个长期的类人猿研究地点完全不受人类活动的影响，但对那些特别受人类活动影响的地点进行研究，对于确保我们的类人猿亲属在人类世幸存下来尤为重要。
We are in a new epoch, the Anthropocene, and research into our closest living relatives, the great apes, must keep pace with the rate that our species is driving change. While a goal of many studies is to understand how great apes behave in natural contexts, the impact of human activities must increasingly be taken into account. This is both a challenge and an opportunity, which can importantly inform research in three diverse fields: cognition, human evolution, and conservation. No long-term great ape research site is wholly unaffected by human influence, but research at those that are especially affected by human activity is particularly important for ensuring that our great ape kin survive the Anthropocene.