You Can Be a Primatologist: Exploring Monkeys and Apes with Dr. Jill Pruetz
Pruetz, Jill
ISBN 10: 1426337558 ISBN 13: 9781426337550
Published by National Geographic Children's B, 2020
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Monkeys, apes, gorillas, and chimps! There are so many primates for budding nature lovers to meet. Learn all about the career of a real-life National Geographic scientist as she heads into the wild to study these amazing animals.
Come along with Dr. Jill Pruetz as she heads to the wilds of Africa to study chimpanzees and other primates. Through simple, accessible text in question-and-answer format and bright, friendly photography, young scientists will learn all about this exciting science career. Do all primates live in the jungle? Do primatologists live there with them? What's a primatologist's day like? Explore these questions and more!
About the Author: JILL PRUETZ is a primatologist, biological anthropologist, and National Geographic Emerging Explorer whose work focuses on studying chimpanzee behavioral ecology. She received her Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and works as a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. She also teaches field classes in Costa Rica and conducts research at the Fongoli Chimpanzee field site in Senegal, West Africa.
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Title: You Can Be a Primatologist: Exploring ...
Publisher: National Geographic Children's B
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: library
Condition: Very Good