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Living Links, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory UniversitySocietyAtlanta, Georgia, USA Living Links, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University (Established 1997) 954 Gatewood Road , Atlanta , Georgia 30329 USA Mission: The mission of the Living Links Center (LLC) is to address isssues of human evolution through the study of our "living links" to the past; the extant great apes. To that end, the LLC provides an intellectual home for scientists, regionally and internationally, who study the behavior, intelligence, and biology of apes and humans. It also seeks to educate the public about our primate relatives, and to assist efforts of their conservation. The LLC is part of the Yerkes Primate Research Center at Emory University.; Living Links is part of Emory University. Its affiliated faculty teach a number of primate related classes and are seated in a number of academic departments at Emory, including Psychology, Psychobiology, Biology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and the Population Biology Ecology and Evolution program. Membership: 15 Phone number: 404-727-0915 Fax number: 404-727-3270 E-Mail address: living_links@emory.edu Web Site: http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS Officers: Other staff: Frans de Waal, Director, email: dewaal@emory.edu J. Devyn Carter, Research Specialist - Chimpanzee Research, Email: jdcarte@emory.edu Kristi Leimgruber, Research Specialist - Capuchin Research, Email: kleimgr@emory.edu Darby Proctor, Research Specialist - Chimpanzee Research, Email: dprocto@emory.edu Species Supported: Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) Associated Field Sites: Living Links maintains two large social groups of chimpanzees at the Yerkes Field Station in Lawrenceville, GA. Grants: Living Links is part of Emory University. Its affiliated faculty teach a number of primate related classes and are seated in a number of academic departments at Emory, including Psychology, Psychobiology, Biology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and the Population Biology Ecology and Evolution program. Financial aid is made available through Emory University. Entry created: 1998-08-14 [Update Entry] [Delete Entry] |