Anthropology At FAU!
What Do Anthropologists Do With Their Summers? RESEARCH!!!
Assistant Professor Kate Detwiler Works With Team That Discovers New Monkey Species in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dr. Kate Detwiler spent her summer working with the Lukuru Foundation, a collaboration of interdisciplinary scientists conducting the first systematic inventory of large mammals in the Congo. While in the central Congo jungle located in the Lomami Basin between the Lomami and Tshuapa Rivers, the group found a previously unidentified species of monkey, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, locally known as the lesula.
The lesula, which closely resembles the owl-faced monkey, is only the second new species of monkey discovered in Africa in 28 years. Dr. Detwiler was the corresponding author for documentation of the new species and supervised the genetic analyses needed to determine the lesula as a new monkey species.
"The fact that we are just finding a new species of primate in this area of the Congolese rain forest in the 21st century indicates that there is still so much to learn. We are very lucky that we found the lesula while there is still time to save it, and the discovery fuels the drive to raise awareness about and support for conservation of this incredibly diverse ecosystem," says Dr. Detwiler.
Click on the links below for more information about this discovery:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49010148/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UFHLG5Zc98E
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/13/new-monkey-species-congo-lesula
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19556915
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/dr-congo-new-monkey/index.html
Dr. Mary Cameron Elected 2012 President of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies.
Professor Mary Cameron, as part of her ongoing study of the practice of ayurvedic medicine in south Asia, and particularly Nepal, has been elected the 2012 president of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). ANHS is "the oldest academic organization devoted to the study of the Himalayan region in the United States." "The organization's membership includes universities, colleges, faculty, scholars, resource and development professionals, students and other Himalayan-region residents and enthusiasts."
Dr. Arlene Fradkin Publishes Article in the Journal, "Historical Archaeology"
Zooarchaeologist Arlene Fradkin in collaboration with Roger T. Grange, Jr and Dorothy L. Moore published a paper, "'Minorcan' Ethnogenesis and Foodways in Britain's Smyrnea Settlement, Florida, 1766-1777." The Smyrnea settlement existed during the British occupation of Florida in what is now New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater on the central east coast of Florida.
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