CHAPTER P 

 Provision for Comparative Study of the Primates 



The desirability of adequate provision for the systematic 

 study of all aspects of the lives of the principal classes of 

 primates has long been recognized and the scientists of 

 several nations have at various times made efforts to com- 

 mand resources. Thus far these efforts have been either 

 disappointing or only temporarily fruitful. 



Aside from hunting and collecting expeditions which have 

 provided specimens for museums and for morphological 

 research, a few attempts have been made to establish special 

 research stations or colonies for the breeding of the infra- 

 human primates. Notable among these attempts are the 

 following. 



In 1912 German biologists under the leadership of Profs. 

 Max Rothmann and W. Waldeyer established at Orotava, 

 Teneriffe, Canary Islands, a station for the study of the 

 anthropoid apes. It was abandoned in 1923 because of 

 failure of support. In the meantime important studies of 

 chimpanzees had been made, first by Dr. E. Teuber and later 

 by his successor as resident investigator at the station. 

 Dr. W. Koehler.2 



Dr. G. V. Hamilton (5) for some years maintained at 

 Montecito, California, with the cooperation of the McCor- 

 mick family, a collection of primates which included several 



^ For efficient assistance in caring for the animals I make grateful 

 acknowledgment to Miss Louise Mumpoting and Miss Geraldine Stowell. 

 The latter assisted also with the speech experiments. 



2 For all references utilized in this book, see list of references at end. 



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