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The relationship between humans and primates around the world is present at various levels. While in some places primates are considered pests, in others they may be considered sacred animals and may even serve as tourist attraction. Humans and primates share remarkable similarities from the physiological to the ecological and behavioral level. However, people’s perception of primates may vary according to how they relate to each other. Understanding the conflicts between humans and primates involves studies aiming to understand the needs of these two groups. This resulted in the arising of ethnoprimatology, which is the discipline studying the dynamic of the interactions between humans and primates.
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Sampaio, M.B., Souto, A., Schiel, N. (2016). Ethnoprimatology. In: Albuquerque, U., Nóbrega Alves, R. (eds) Introduction to Ethnobiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28155-1_10
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