RAPID: Preserving the endangered Cayo Santiago skeletal collection for studies linking genetics, behavior and morphology

波多黎各的圣地亚哥岛恒河猴野外遗址75年来一直是遗传、行为和解剖数据的无与伦比的来源，相关的骨骼收集是开发模型以从化石记录中推断人类和灵长类进化方面的宝贵资源。这个RAPID奖项支持保存和延续Cayo圣地亚哥收藏的最紧迫方面。大部分藏品将转移到纽约大学（NYU），供生物人类学和其他学科的科学研究人员使用，用于研究将生物体的行为、遗传和软组织解剖特征与其骨骼特征联系起来。除了作为一个示范性的研究资源，收集将增加公众获得科学通过校园K-12学生计划，课堂现场参观，教师培训，公开讲座和虚拟资源。该项目通过本科生和研究生实习机会直接提高了传统上在STEM中代表性不足的学者的代表性。该项目得到了NSF公共获取基金的支持。精确已知谱系（谱系）的灵长类动物种群是罕见的，并且Cayo圣地亚哥猕猴是独特的自由放养种群，具有悠久的记录历史和丰富的行为，遗传和解剖研究计划。 该奖项支持在纽约大学建立一个分支的卡约圣地亚哥骨骼收集，从恒河猴骨骼（Macaca mulatta），不能容纳在现有的收集和目前在冷藏的尸体的冷藏;这两套遗骸都有失去个人标识符的危险，使他们成为人类进化研究的重要研究资源。保存它们的遗骸并将它们与其一生中收集的丰富的生物和行为属性数据库联系起来是未来研究的关键基础。CPRC-NYU的鉴定过程将优先考虑对骨骼微结构、DNA含量和同位素值产生最大完整性的方法。该系列可用于解决生物人类学中的几个关键研究问题，涉及环境和遗传如何塑造骨骼的各个方面，以及对特定类型配偶的偏好如何塑造每种性别的骨骼，以及允许无限的未来研究机会。这些结果为理解人类进化奠定了基础。

The Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque field site in Puerto Rico has served as an unparalleled source of genetic, behavioral, and anatomical data for over 75 years, and the associated skeletal collection is a valuable resource for developing models to infer aspects of human and primate evolution from the fossil record. This RAPID award supports the most urgent aspects of saving and continuing the Cayo Santiago collection. A substantial portion of the collection will move to New York University (NYU) where it will be available to scientific researchers in biological anthropology and other disciplines for studies linking behavioral, genetic and soft tissue anatomical traits of living organisms to features of their skeletons. In addition to serving as an exemplary research resource, the collection will increase public access to science through on-campus K-12 student programs, classroom site visits, teacher training, public lectures, and virtual resources. The project directly enhances representation of scholars traditionally underrepresented in STEM through undergraduate and graduate student internship opportunities. This project is supported with NSF Public Access funds. Primate populations of precise known lineage (pedigree) are rare, and the Cayo Santiago macaques are unique in being free-ranging populations with a long documented history and rich behavioral, genetic and anatomical research programs. This award supports the establishment of a NYU-based branch of the Cayo Santiago skeletal collection, formed from rhesus macaque skeletons (Macaca mulatta) that cannot be accommodated in the existing collection and by skeletonization of cadavers currently in cold storage; both sets of remains are in danger of losing the individual identifiers that make them such important research resources for human evolutionary studies. Preserving their remains and connecting them with the rich database of biological and behavioral attributes collected during their lifetimes is a key foundation for future research. The CPRC-NYU skeletonization process will privilege methods that yield the greatest integrity to bone micro-structure, DNA content, and isotopic values. The collection can be used to address several key research questions in biological anthropology related to how environment and heredity shape aspects of the skeleton, and how preference for particular kinds of mates shapes the skeleton of each sex, as well as allowing unlimited future research opportunities. The results lay the foundation for understanding human evolution.