2017
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20783
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Links between the discovery of primates and anatomical comparisons with humans, the chain of being, our place in nature, and racism

Abstract: I focus on the crucial links between the discovery of nonhuman primates by Westerners, discussions on our place in nature, the chain of being, racism, and the history of primate comparative anatomy and of so-called "anatomical human racial studies." Strikingly, for more than a millennium humans knew more about the internal anatomy of a single monkey species than about that of their own bodies. This is because Galen used monkeys to infer human anatomy, in line with the human-animal continuity implied by the Gre… Show more

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“…Exploring early representations and descriptions of apes serves to understand how we humans have represented our own closest zoological relatives as well as, metaphorically, our own otherness (Baulu, 2005;Corbey, 1993Corbey, , 2005Corbey, , 2006Diogo, 2018). To this end, the use of detailed iconographic examinations is a logical way to observe how this interconnection occurred and varied through time.…”
Section: Colloquy: Setting Sloane's Chimpanzeesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Exploring early representations and descriptions of apes serves to understand how we humans have represented our own closest zoological relatives as well as, metaphorically, our own otherness (Baulu, 2005;Corbey, 1993Corbey, , 2005Corbey, , 2006Diogo, 2018). To this end, the use of detailed iconographic examinations is a logical way to observe how this interconnection occurred and varied through time.…”
Section: Colloquy: Setting Sloane's Chimpanzeesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…NHPs generally, and rhesus macaques specifically, are important animal models for various applications in biomedical research owing to their close phylogenetic relationship and anatomic and physiologic similarities to humans. 4,5 This report describes the clinical presentation, biopsy and histopathology, treatment, and surgical repair of a vasocutaneous fistula in a 6-year-old adult male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), which developed as a complication of a non-mesh anatomic inguinal hernia repair performed 5 years previously when the animal was a juvenile.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Non‐human primates (NHPs) also experience inguinal hernias, but there is a paucity of data on incidence and complications. NHPs generally, and rhesus macaques specifically, are important animal models for various applications in biomedical research owing to their close phylogenetic relationship and anatomic and physiologic similarities to humans 4,5 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Torso morphology in extant primates has been of interest since Ancient Greece, when Galen (129–200 AD) carried out the first documented anatomical description of the primate Macaca sylvanus that served as an approximation to human anatomy for at least 1,500 years (Diogo, 2018). After some sporadic works on this matter (Casserius, 1600–1601; Vesalius, 1543), it was not until 1699 when the British anatomist Edward Tyson (1651–1708) published the first detailed anatomical description of a primate.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%