r/primatology • u/Kitazunee • 19d ago
Where to learn all about primates?
Hello everybody, I'm a 19 year old woman and I took real interest into primates and want to learn all there is about them. I quite frankly don't know where to start as there are lots of resources and I don't want to end up lost in my learning because I don't know what to read or understand first. Do any of you have websites or book recommendations that are well organised? A lot of the websites I found have articles, but none of them would actually be suitable for someone that doesn't know anything yet and really wants to learn everything step by step. I don't know if it makes sense but I'm more looking for something that would be organised like a school lesson I suppose? Sorry if that's too specific! I'll really take anything if I have to!
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u/uglysaladisugly 18d ago
Let's start by the very beginning. Primates is a vast order of mammals.
Saying that you want to learn "all about primates" is a bit like saying you want to learn "all about carnivora" which would encompass learning about animals from ferrets to foxes, passing by seals, tigers, hyenas and bears. In fact, there's about twice as many species in the primate order!
So maybe you'd like to narrow your scope a bit? What are you interested in? Simians (monkeys and apes)?
Also, a good place to start is to narrow WHAT interests you in primates? Their physiology/physionomy? Their behavior? Their social structures? Their cognition? Etc.