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primatology|praɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. primate n.1 4 + -ology.]
The study of primates.
1941J. F. Fulton in T. C. Ruch Bibliographia Primatologica I. p. xi, Dr. Ruch has followed Linnaeus in adopting the term ‘primate’, and in the title of his bibliography he has introduced a new and useful derivative ‘Primatology’. 1942Ruch & Fulton in Science 9 Jan. 47/1 It is only within the past decade or two that the study of the primates as a distinct zoological group has come into sufficient stature to warrant separate designation—‘primate biology’ or if you will, ‘primatology’. 1956Nature 17 Mar. 505/2 Duckworth had very wide interests in anatomy, teratology, primatology, anthropology, archaeology and general natural history. 1967Guardian 20 Oct. 6/3 With the growth of primatology we are increasingly aware how unusual are man's problems in dealing with his fellows. 1973Sci. Amer. Jan. 11/1 Geza Teleki (‘The Omnivorous Chimpanzee’) is completing work for his Ph.D. in primatology at the University of Georgia. 1976Primate Eye VII. 1 In this issue of Primate Eye, we are including a number of reviews of books in the field of primatology.
Hence primatoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to primatology; primaˈtologist, one who studies primates.
1945M. F. A. Montagu Introd. Physical Anthropol. ii. 11 Dead primates enable the primatologist to make detailed studies of their anatomy. 1949Antiquity XXIII. 126 One of the few technical treatises on man's embryology that is anthropological and primatological in its orientation. 1957L. Eiseley Immense Journey 105 Primatologists may therefore be forgiven their fumblings over great gaps of millions of years from which we do not possess a single complete monkey skeleton. 1973Nature 18 May 175/2 A general section on the radiation of the placental mammals, placing primate evolution in its proper perspective—a perspective which is far too readily forgotten in many modern primatological studies. 1977Ibid. 20 Oct. 654/3 He launched an attack on primatologists..for the way they have generally discussed the adaptive significance of social behaviour. |