The promise of primatology fulfilled

摘要: In 1972, Sherwood Washburn, one of the forerunners biological anthropology, gave an invited address during 4th Congress International Primatological Society in Portland, Oregon, which he expounded his vision for field primatology. His was published following year American Journal Physical Anthropology and titled: "The promise primatology." this centennial commentary, we revisit Washburn's "promise", 45 years on. article discuss constraints acting on field, including a positioning discipline across different kinds university departments, within social sciences, viewed as mixed blessing. Prescient aspects include focus need to study communication multimodally, hope that mechanisms would become foundational field. We new promising primatology, focusing technological advances number areas highlighted by Washburn have ushered eras research, increasingly large long-term sites, see well-set developmental longitudinal studies. find much admire keen foresight, natural intuition. hoped primatology repudiate notion "the should be studied without reference biological." regard, consider fulfilled.