LIVING LINKS CENTER FOR STUDY OF APE & HUMAN EVOLUTION

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 生活链接中心是一个研究和教育中心，用于研究猿和人类进化，使用行为，认知，解剖和分子方法。LLC成立于1997年，以应对三个发展。第一个是进化心理学、比较认知学和野外灵长类动物学领域的知识趋同，它们都认为利用现存物种来理解灭绝的原始人类祖先是非常重要的。其次，脑成像和基因组测序技术的发展为研究类人猿和人类之间的相似性和差异提供了新的非侵入性方法。LLC的成立是为了利用这个殖民地进行非侵入性的比较研究，并为科学和殖民地的支持提供慈善基金筹集的基础。LLC于1997年9月在教务长办公室和卫生事务执行副总裁的共同支持下成立。F博士de Waal是LLC董事。 过去几年的主要活动是：1）组织了一次非常成功的关于人类起源的研讨会，吸引了来自埃默里大学及其他地区的近2,000人参加; 2）与芝加哥科学院在芝加哥举行了一次国际会议，该会议刚刚出版。目前，我们正在探索与苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学的联合行动，爱丁堡动物园正在开设一个同名的中心。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. 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. The LLC was formed to utilize this colony in non-invasive comparative research and to provide a base for philanthropic fund raising for both scientific 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. Major activities over the past years have been 1) organization of a hugely successful symposium on human origins that drew nearly 2,000 people from Emory and beyond, and 2) an international conference with the Chicago Academy of Sciences, in Chicago that has just been turned into a published volume. Currently, we are exploring a joint operation with St. Andrews University, in Scotland, where a center with the same name is being opened at the Edinburgh Zoo.