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The eSkeletons Project

This interactive site allows participants to learn about skeletal anatomy by viewing the bones of a human, chimpanzee,... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: University of Texas at Austin: Department of Antropology
Date Created:: May 25, 2000
Date Modified:: February 11, 2026
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
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Human Evolution: The fossil evidence in 3D

This site presents fossil skull evidence in a way that the user can manipulate the skulls. online 3D gallery of modern... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Phillip Walker; Edward H. Hagen
Date Created:: January 17, 2006
Date Modified:: June 12, 2018
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Primate Phylogenetics

Students use DNA sequences from Human, Neanderthal, Chimpanzee, Gorrilla and Orangutan mitochondrial D-loop to perform a... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: Scott Cooper
Date Created:: September 26, 2000
Date Modified:: June 10, 2023
Peer Review:: 4.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.0 stars

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9.916 The Neural Basis of Visual Object Recognition in Monkeys and Humans

Understanding the brain's remarkable ability for visual object recognition is one of the greatest challenges of brain... see more

Material Type:: Online Course
Author:: Prof. James DiCarlo; Prof. Nancy Kanwisher
Date Created:: June 9, 2011
Date Modified:: May 16, 2022
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Primate Evolution – Family Ties

Learn more about how all present-day primates, including human-beings, have evolved from a common ancestor.

Material Type:: Assignment
Author:: ARKive (Wildscreen USA)
Date Created:: December 7, 2011
Date Modified:: February 2, 2019
Peer Review:: 4.75 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Animal Behavior

Most of the major categories of adaptive behavior can be seen in all animals. This course begins with the evolution of... see more

Material Type:: Online Course
Author:: Prof. Gerald Schneider
Date Created:: October 20, 2011
Date Modified:: December 15, 2023
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Chromosome Analysis: Banding Patterns and Structural Aberrations

"This activity allows students to compare banding patterns of ideograms from four primates (human, gorilla, chimpanzee,... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: David F. Holland
Date Created:: July 9, 2008
Date Modified:: September 17, 2014
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Living Links

For people interested in learning more about apes and links to humans, this site presents "comparisons of the social... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Emory University
Date Created:: April 3, 2000
Date Modified:: June 12, 2018
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Representation of Value in the Primate Brain

This video was recorded at The Basal Ganglia in Health and Disease. Pigeons really like millet seed, monkeys crave juice,... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Paul W. Glimcher
Date Created:: February 10, 2015
Date Modified:: March 15, 2017
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The Man, The Myth, and The Legend of Grover Krantz

A short biography or anthropologist Grover Krantz, who devoted his life to attempting to document bigfoot's existence.

Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Created:: June 17, 2025
Date Modified:: June 17, 2025

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Understanding the Role of Antibodies in Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Using Nonhuman Primate Models

"Understanding the Role of Antibodies in Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Using Nonhuman Primate Models" A Lecture by... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Nancy Haigwood
Date Created:: July 29, 2010
Date Modified:: August 30, 2017
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9.036 The Visual System

This comprehensive course on the visual system is designed to ground future researchers in the field of visual science... see more

Material Type:: Online Course
Author:: Prof. Peter H. Schiller
Date Created:: October 20, 2011
Date Modified:: June 12, 2018
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9.036 The Visual System | Brain and Cognitive Sciences

This comprehensive course on the visual system is designed to ground future researchers in the field of visual science... see more

Material Type:: Online Course
Author:: Schiller, Peter H.
Date Created:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified:: April 19, 2020

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9.916 The Neural Basis of Visual Object Recognition in Monkeys and Humans | Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Understanding the brain's remarkable ability for visual object recognition is one of the greatest challenges of brain... see more

Material Type:: Online Course
Author:: Kanwisher, Nancy
Date Created:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified:: April 19, 2020

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The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision

This video was recorded at Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience. Sometime around 100 million years ago, when the... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Jeremy Nathans
Date Created:: February 10, 2015
Date Modified:: March 31, 2016
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Biological Anthropology Laboratory Activities

The 10 labratory activities in this manual cover the standard laboratory assignments: bone and bone feature... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Alex A. G. Taub
Date Created:: April 7, 2011
Date Modified:: November 14, 2024
User Rating:: 3.5 stars

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Introduction to Paleoanthropology

To effectively study paleoanthropology, one must understand that it is a subdiscipline of anthropology1 and have a basic... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Wikibooks.org
Date Created:: April 18, 2019
Date Modified:: August 14, 2019
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Learning in Hierarchical Architectures: from Neuroscience to Derived Kernels

This video was recorded at Machine Learning Summer School (MLSS), Chicago 2009. Understanding the processing of... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Tomaso A. Poggio
Date Created:: February 10, 2015
Date Modified:: March 11, 2020

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PrimateImages: Natural History Collection

The PrimateImages database is a collection of photographs and information about nonhuman primates. These images were... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: UW Digital Collections Center
Date Created:: February 22, 2008
Date Modified:: September 14, 2017

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Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology

The website of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology has many resources pertaining to nearly all things... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology
Date Created:: August 3, 2016
Date Modified:: August 3, 2016

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Computers with Commonsense: Artificial Intelligence at the MIT Round Table

This video was recorded at MIT World Series: Technology Day 2009 The Mind's Eye. Visiting the San Diego Zoo's orangutans... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Patrick Henry Winston
Date Created:: February 10, 2015
Date Modified:: February 10, 2015

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I Like to Move-It

This is an activity which will allow learners to gain an understanding of lemur behavior through observation and role... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo; Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Date Created:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified:: September 18, 2021

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Object-oriented hand dexterity and grasping abilities, from the animal quarters to the neurosurgical OR: a systematic review of the underlying neural correlates in non-human, human primate and recent findings in awake brain surgery

The sensorimotor integrations subserving object-oriented manipulative actions have been extensively investigated in... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Author:: Leonardo Tariciotti; Luca Mattioli; Luca Viganò; Matteo Gallo; Matteo Gambaretti; Tommaso Sciortino; Lorenzo Gay; Marco C. Nibali; Alberto Gallotti; Gabriella Cerri; Lorenzo Bello; Marco Rossi
Date Created:: July 23, 2024
Date Modified:: July 23, 2024

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Physical Anthropology

Physical Anthropology is a digital textbook used for the course ANTHRO-101 by a California Community College, College of... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Trudi Radtke
Date Created:: December 7, 2021
Date Modified:: December 7, 2021

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