Definition of primatology in English:

primatology

noun ˌprʌɪməˈtɒlədʒiˌprīməˈtäləjē

mass noun

The branch of zoology that deals with primates.
灵长目动物学
Example sentencesExamples
- It was in this climate that in 1952 Kinji Imanishi, the father of Japanese primatology, wrote a book that criticized the view of animals as automatons driven by instinct.
- These are just a few examples of the rich additions that behavioral primatology can make to understanding the human condition.
- Many of the people in primatology are looking now more at the learning aspect of behavior and cultural traditions - more at the flexibility of behavior than a genetic program.
- Cultural primatology, the study of how socially learned behavior varies between different communities of the same nonhuman primate species, is a hot topic.
- Her subsequent findings - among them, that chimps use tools and have humanlike personalities - revolutionized the world of primatology.

Derivatives

primatological

adjectiveˌprʌɪmətəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l

Russell Mittermeier, a primatologist who is the president of Conservation International, described the find as 'one of the most amazing primatological discoveries this century'.
Example sentencesExamples
- My primatological reverie is interrupted by a crowd of visitors.
- The International Primatological Society was created to encourage all areas of non-human primatological scientific research, to facilitate cooperation among scientists of all nationalities engaged in primate research, and to promote the conservation of all primate species.

primatologist

noun

But despite being the subject of numerous now-obscure nineteenth-century reports, this small, nocturnal, gremlin-like prosimian long went unexamined by primatologists.
Example sentencesExamples
- After 50 years of observation, primatologists believe that macaques have an established culture: invented behaviors passed from one monkey to another.
- ‘When chimps reach age three or four, they start climbing and feeding on their own,’ said primatologist Anne Pusey, head of research for the Jane Goodall Institute, based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Mehlman, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund primatologist, says the behavior also suggests that complex tool-use may not have originated in chimps and humans but may have evolved earlier in the primate family tree.
- When primatologist Jane Goodall first observed chimpanzees ‘fishing’ for ants and the larger, bulbous-headed red termites at Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park, she was astounded.

Definition of primatology in US English:

primatology

nounˌprīməˈtäləjē

The branch of zoology that deals with primates.
灵长目动物学
Example sentencesExamples
- Her subsequent findings - among them, that chimps use tools and have humanlike personalities - revolutionized the world of primatology.
- It was in this climate that in 1952 Kinji Imanishi, the father of Japanese primatology, wrote a book that criticized the view of animals as automatons driven by instinct.
- Cultural primatology, the study of how socially learned behavior varies between different communities of the same nonhuman primate species, is a hot topic.
- These are just a few examples of the rich additions that behavioral primatology can make to understanding the human condition.
- Many of the people in primatology are looking now more at the learning aspect of behavior and cultural traditions - more at the flexibility of behavior than a genetic program.

单词	primatology
释义	Definition of primatology in English: primatology noun ˌprʌɪməˈtɒlədʒiˌprīməˈtäləjē mass noun The branch of zoology that deals with primates. 灵长目动物学 Example sentencesExamples It was in this climate that in 1952 Kinji Imanishi, the father of Japanese primatology, wrote a book that criticized the view of animals as automatons driven by instinct. These are just a few examples of the rich additions that behavioral primatology can make to understanding the human condition. Many of the people in primatology are looking now more at the learning aspect of behavior and cultural traditions - more at the flexibility of behavior than a genetic program. Cultural primatology, the study of how socially learned behavior varies between different communities of the same nonhuman primate species, is a hot topic. Her subsequent findings - among them, that chimps use tools and have humanlike personalities - revolutionized the world of primatology. Derivatives primatological adjectiveˌprʌɪmətəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l Russell Mittermeier, a primatologist who is the president of Conservation International, described the find as 'one of the most amazing primatological discoveries this century'. Example sentencesExamples My primatological reverie is interrupted by a crowd of visitors. The International Primatological Society was created to encourage all areas of non-human primatological scientific research, to facilitate cooperation among scientists of all nationalities engaged in primate research, and to promote the conservation of all primate species. primatologist noun But despite being the subject of numerous now-obscure nineteenth-century reports, this small, nocturnal, gremlin-like prosimian long went unexamined by primatologists. Example sentencesExamples After 50 years of observation, primatologists believe that macaques have an established culture: invented behaviors passed from one monkey to another. ‘When chimps reach age three or four, they start climbing and feeding on their own,’ said primatologist Anne Pusey, head of research for the Jane Goodall Institute, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mehlman, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund primatologist, says the behavior also suggests that complex tool-use may not have originated in chimps and humans but may have evolved earlier in the primate family tree. When primatologist Jane Goodall first observed chimpanzees ‘fishing’ for ants and the larger, bulbous-headed red termites at Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park, she was astounded. Definition of primatology in US English: primatology nounˌprīməˈtäləjē The branch of zoology that deals with primates. 灵长目动物学 Example sentencesExamples Her subsequent findings - among them, that chimps use tools and have humanlike personalities - revolutionized the world of primatology. It was in this climate that in 1952 Kinji Imanishi, the father of Japanese primatology, wrote a book that criticized the view of animals as automatons driven by instinct. Cultural primatology, the study of how socially learned behavior varies between different communities of the same nonhuman primate species, is a hot topic. These are just a few examples of the rich additions that behavioral primatology can make to understanding the human condition. Many of the people in primatology are looking now more at the learning aspect of behavior and cultural traditions - more at the flexibility of behavior than a genetic program.
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