LIVING LINKS CENTER FOR STUDY OF APE & HUMAN EVOLUTION

生活链接中心是一个研究和教育中心， 研究猿和人类进化，使用行为，认知， 解剖学和分子学方法。 LLC成立于1997年， 应对三个发展。 第一个是知识分子 进化心理学领域的融合，比较 认知，以及野外灵长类动物学， 物种来了解灭绝的原始人类祖先。 第二，技术性 脑成像和基因组测序的发展提供了新的 非侵入性方法来研究 类人猿和人类。 最后是耶基斯地区灵长类动物 研究中心开始远离生物医学研究， 猿类 耶基斯的200多只类人猿没有被利用 有效地进行比较研究。 LLC的成立是为了利用 为该群体的非侵入性比较研究提供依据 为生物科学和殖民地筹集慈善资金 支持. 有限责任公司于1997年9月成立， 来自教务长办公室和执行副总裁， 卫生事务部。 F博士de Waal是LLC董事。 更详细的 使命声明可以在我们的网站上找到（见下文）。 主要 过去一年的活动包括：1）人类起源研讨会 吸引了来自埃默里及其他地区的近2,000人， 战略计划和筹资计划，我们现在正处于 实施的过程。 资助埃默里大学$100，000 09/01/1997 - 伍德拉夫基金25，000元09/01/1997 -待定 出版物http：www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/ P51 RR 00165 -38 1/1/98 - 1998年12月31日耶基斯地区灵长类动物研究中心

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