LIVING LINKS CENTER FOR STUDY OF APE & HUMAN EVOLUTION

Living Links中心是一个研究和教育中心， 对类人猿和人类进化的研究，使用行为、认知、 解剖学和分子学方法。有限责任公司成立于1997年， 对三个发展的回应。第一个是知识分子 进化心理学领域的趋同，比较 认知和领域灵长类动物学关于使用现有物种的重要性 了解灭绝的原始人祖先的物种。第二，技术问题 脑成像和基因组测序的发展提供了新的 用非侵入性方法研究 类人猿和人类。最后，耶尔克斯地区灵长类动物 研究中心开始远离生物医学研究， 类人猿。由200多只大猩猩组成的耶尔克斯种群还没有被利用 有效地进行比较研究。有限责任公司的成立是为了利用 为这一群体在非侵入性比较研究中提供基础 用于为BOT科学和殖民地筹集慈善资金 支持。有限责任公司于1997年9月在联合支持下成立 来自教务长办公室和执行副总裁办公室 卫生事务部。德瓦尔博士是有限责任公司的董事。更详细的 使命声明可在我们的网站上找到(见下文)。主修 过去一年的活动是人类起源研讨会 这吸引了近2,000名来自埃默里和其他地方的人，并起草了 一个战略计划和一个筹款计划，我们现在正在 实施的过程。资助埃默里大学10万美元9/01/1997 -未确定伍德夫基金25,000美元9/01/1997-未确定 出版物http：www.memory y.edu/Living_LINKS/P51RR00165-38 1/1/98- 12/31/98耶克斯地区灵长类研究中心

The Living Links Center is a research and educational center for the study of ape and human evolution, using behavioral, cognitive, anatomic, and molecular approaches. The LLC was formed in 1997 in response to three developments. The first was the intellectual convergence of the fields of evolutionary psychology, comparative cognition, and field primatology around the importance of using extant species to understand extinct hominid ancestors. Second, technical developments in brain imaging and genomic sequencing provided new non-invasive approaches to study similarities and differences between great apes and humans. And finally, the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center began a move away from biomedical research with great apes. The Yerkes colony of over 200 great apes had not been utilized effectively for comparative studies. The LLC was formed to utilize this colony in non-invasive comparative research and to provide a base for philanthropic fund raising for bot h scienti fic and colony support. The LLC was launched in September, 1997 with joint support from the Office of the Provost and the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs. Dr. F. de Waal is LLC Director. A more detailed mission statement can be found at our website (see below). Major activities over the past year have been 1) symposium on human origins that drew nearly 2,000 people from Emory and beyond, and 2) drawing up of a strategic plan and a fundraising plan, which we are now in the process of implementing. FUNDING Emory University $100,000 09/01/1997 - undetermined Woodruff Fund $ 25,000 09/01/1997 - undetermined PUBLICATIONS http:www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/ P51RR00165-38 1/1/98 - 12/31/98 Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center