LIVING LINKS CENTER FOR STUDY OF APE & HUMAN EVOLUTION

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 Living Links中心是一个研究和教育中心，研究类人猿和人类进化，使用行为、认知、解剖和分子方法。有限责任公司成立于1997年，是对三个发展的回应。首先是进化心理学、比较认知和野外灵长类动物学领域围绕利用现存物种了解灭绝的原始人祖先的重要性的智力融合。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异同提供了新的非侵入性方法。Yerkes猿群还没有被有效地用于比较行为研究。有限责任公司的成立是为了利用这个群体进行非侵入性的比较研究，并为慈善募集资金提供科学和群体支持的基础。有限责任公司于1997年9月在教务长办公室和负责卫生事务的执行副总裁的共同支持下成立。德瓦尔博士是有限责任公司的董事。过去几年的主要活动是：1)组织了一次关于人类起源的研讨会，取得了巨大成功，吸引了来自埃默里和其他地方的近2000人；以及2)与芝加哥科学院举行了一次国际会议。我们目前正在探索与苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学的联合行动，爱丁堡动物园将开设一个同名中心。

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 Yerkes ape colony had not been utilized effectively for comparative behavioral studies. 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 2000 people from Emory and beyond, and 2) an international conference with the Chicago Academy of Sciences. We are currently exploring a joint operation with St. Andrews University in Scotland where a center with the same name is being opened at the Edinburgh Zoo.