I did want to mention one key detail: Not all of the talks on the “7 talks about monkeys” playlist are about monkeys. All the speakers talk about about primates, but not all primates are monkeys.

For example, bonobos (highlighted in talks #1 and #5) are actually ape, not monkeys. Dr. Goodall goes into great detail about her decades of work with another ape – the chimpanzee – as the foundation of her broader discussion of human-wildlife conflict and conservation. deWaal also focuses on apes (chimpanzees and bonobos), though he mentions other animals as well.

So with a great playlist to start the week, a taxonomy factoid, too.

For more detail, there are lots of primate taxonomies on the web, including this one: http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/table_primates.htm