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Wolf Dittus
Wolfgang Peter Johann Dittus (born 1 June 1943) is a primatology, primatologist and Behavioral ecology, behavioral ecologist based in Sri Lanka. Early life Born in Berlin, Germany, and brought up in the rural Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) region Baden-Württemberg, Wolfgang 'Wolf' Dittus migrated to Canada in 1953, where he studied geology at McGill University. During this time, however, his interests shifted to psychology and zoology, his early research having been on the Bird vocalization, song patterns of northern cardinal, cardinal birds, inspiring an interest in animal communication in general. Career He was awarded a PhD by the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland in 1974, his doctoral dissertation having been on 'The ecology and behavior of the toque macaque, toque monkey, ''Macaca sinica, in pursuit of which he moved to Sri Lanka in 1968. This work was conducted largely at a research site established at Polonnaruwa under one of the Smithsoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primatology
Primatology is the scientific study of primates. It is a diverse Academic discipline, discipline at the boundary between mammalogy and anthropology, and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychology, Veterinary medicine, veterinary sciences and zoology, as well as in animal sanctuaries, biomedical research facilities, museums and zoos. Primatologists study both living and extinct primates in their natural habitats and in laboratories by conducting field studies and experiments in order to understand aspects of their evolution and behavior. Sub-disciplines As a science, primatology has many different sub-disciplines which vary in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches to the subject used in researching extant primates and their extinct ancestors. There are two main centers of primatology, #Western primatology, Western primatology and #Japanese primatology, Japanese primatology. These two divergent discipline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
