Terminology
PRIMATOLOGY 灵长类动物学
Descent 血统
Anthropologist 人类学家A
macaque 猕猴
Monograph 专论
Kin 亲缘
Imanishi 今西
Provisioning 供给
Habitutated 习惯于
Exogamy 异族通婚，
incest taboo
Anthropocene 人新世
Papaya 番木瓜
Consort 勾搭
ethanal 乙醛
ingestion 摄取
PART 1 | THE DAWN OF PRIMATOLOGY
Gorillas, the apes I have studied for more than thirty
years in Africa, had been regarded as the most violent animals until recently.
This is mostly due to the chest-beating display by their mature males, which was regarded
as a preclude of their explosive attacks, when gorillas were encountered with Western
explorers in the 19th century. However, in the latter half of 20th
century, pioneering field works on mountain gorillas, by George Schaller and Dian Fossey,
found that chest-beating has multiple meaning, such as self-assertion,
excitement, curiosity, play invitation,
or courtship, rather than threat.
Gorillas are genetically close to humans. So misunderstandings of gorillas
lead us to misunderstandings of our common ancestors.
PART 2 | THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PRIMATOLOGY
Imanishi devised a guide to field
studies of primatology using three methodologies as below. First,
adopting methods of comparative sociology. Second, basing work on
individual identification. And lastly, recording social interactions with
prolonged continuous observations.
Japanese Method - The Importance of Name
猕猴的互联网时代
he estimated that the three preconditions except for neighborhood relationships had already
been achieved in the society of gorillas.
exogamy, incest taboo, division of labor and neighborhood relationship
异族通婚，乱伦禁忌，分工劳动和邻里关系
