Anne Zeller
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Anne C. Zeller is a physical anthropologist who specializes in the study of primates. She received her M.A.(1971) and Ph.D (1978) from the University of Toronto
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During her graduate studies she worked on chromosome analysis, comparing chimpanzee
and human chromosomes. Anne has undertaken primate field research
in Morocco
, Gibraltar
, Texas
, Borneo
and Africa
. These two types of research combine interests in the physical development of humans from their primate ancestors, and the behavioral patterns of primates which are similar to those found among humans. However, her approach to physical anthropology is very wide ranging and she has presented papers on witchcraft
, dietary influences on behaviour, the role of children in evolution
, and child abuse
in primates, as well as on her major focus of primate communication.
She is also interested in the use of film in research and teaching, has prepared video tapes for use in her classes and is analyzing film taken during her field research. Her current research concerns the interactions of adults and infants in the socializing process of Macaca fascicularis, the crab eating macaque of Indonesia
.
Anne began teaching full time at the University of Waterloo
in the Department of Anthropology in 1982, and spent several years as the Chair or Head of Anthropology after 1993. Anne also held a series of positions at the University of Alberta
, the University of Victoria
and the University of Toronto. She retired from teaching in 2009.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
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During her graduate studies she worked on chromosome analysis, comparing chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan. The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
and human chromosomes. Anne has undertaken primate field research
Field research
Field research is the collection of raw data in natural settings. It helps to reveal the habits and habitats of various organisms present in their natural surroundings...
in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. These two types of research combine interests in the physical development of humans from their primate ancestors, and the behavioral patterns of primates which are similar to those found among humans. However, her approach to physical anthropology is very wide ranging and she has presented papers on witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
, dietary influences on behaviour, the role of children in evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
, and child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
in primates, as well as on her major focus of primate communication.
She is also interested in the use of film in research and teaching, has prepared video tapes for use in her classes and is analyzing film taken during her field research. Her current research concerns the interactions of adults and infants in the socializing process of Macaca fascicularis, the crab eating macaque of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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Anne began teaching full time at the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
in the Department of Anthropology in 1982, and spent several years as the Chair or Head of Anthropology after 1993. Anne also held a series of positions at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
, the University of Victoria
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
and the University of Toronto. She retired from teaching in 2009.
Filmography
- Chimpanzees Today
- Five Species
- Hominid Evolution 1: The Early Stages
- Hominid Evolution 2: The Genus Homo
- Images From the Field: Baboons
- Lemurs of Madagascar
- New World Monkeys
- Primate-Human Interaction
- Primate Patterns II
- Sifakas of Madagascar
- What Do Primatologists Do?
Publications
- 1980 - Primate Facial Gestures: A Study of Communication. Papers in Linguistics: International Journal of Human Communication 13(4):565-606.
- 1982 - Speaking of Clever Apes. Recherches Semiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry, Vol. 2(3):276-308.
- 1983 - The Use of Film in the Study of Primate Communication. Society for the Anthropological Study of Visual Communication Newsletter, Vol. 11(2).
- 1984 - Signes des Signes. International Semiotic Spectrum, No. 2. June 1984. A publication of the Toronto Semiotic Circle.
- 1985 - Component Patterns in Gesture Formation in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Canadian Review of Physical Anthropology 4(2):35-42.
- 1986 - Comparison of Component Patterns in Threatening and Friendly Gestures in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Current Perspectives in Primate Social Dynamics, D.M. Taub and F.A. King, eds. Van Nostrand Reinhold Press. pp. 487–504.
- 1987 -
- 1987 - A Role for Children in Hominid Evolution. Man. Vol. 22(3):528-557.
- 1990 - The Study of Visual and Vocal Communication. In Primates: Recherches Actuelles. J.J. Roeder and J.R. Anderson eds. Paris: Masson Press.
- 1990 - Arctic Hysteria in Salem. Anthropologica. Vol 23:239-264.
- 1991 - The Grieving Process in Non-Human Primates. In Coping with The Final Tragedy. D. Counts and D. Counts eds. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Press. pp. 5–26.
- 1991 - Human Response to Primate Deviance. Anthropologica 33(1-2). pp 39–68.
- 1992 - Grooming Interactions Over Infants in Four Species of Primates. Visual Anthropology 5. pp. 63–86.
- 1992 - Communication in the Social Unit. In Social Processes and Mental Abilities in Non-Human Primates. Dr. F.D. Burton ed. Queenston: Edwin Mellon Press. pp 61–89.
- 1994 - Evidence of Structure in Macaque Communication. In The Ethological Roots of Culture. R.A. Gardner et al eds., pp. 15–39. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- 1996 - The Interplay of Kinship Organisation and Facial Communication in the Macaques. In Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies, John E. Fa and Donald G. Lindburg, eds., Ch. 24. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- 2001 - Out of Awareness: Into Perception. Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society Vol. 27(1-2), pp. 63–73.
- 2001 - Pretending in Monkeys. In Pretence in Animals and Children. Ed. R.W. Mitchell. Cambridge University Press, pp. 183–195.
- 2004 - Socioecology or Tradition. In Reviews in Anthropology. Vol. 33(1), 2004, pp. 19–41
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