Read your Primate Observation Project instructions carefully, and always check with your instructor if you have questions!

Here are a few things Jamie would recommend as you work on this project:

1. Use the database "All the World's Primates" to get an overview of the species you select, and additional scholarly references you can look up individually for more details.
2. Before you finalize your primate, check for a livestream option to view them and/or make sure they have that species at the Hogle Zoo or other Zoo if you are planning to visit and observe in person. A simple internet search for "species name webcam" or "species name livestream" should guide you to live views of the species you choose. For example, I searched for "livestream zoo primates" and saw that there's a video stream from the Detroit zoo for their Snow Monkeys. I searched All the World's Primates for "snow monkeys" and nothing came up, but I saw in the Detroit Zoo link that they are also called Japanese macaque, so I searched that in All the World's Primates and found the species information. I verified that the zoo link worked, and now I could move forward with researching the species and conducting my observations.
3. Look for additional information from scholarly articles as needed. If something didn't match your hypothesis related to social interaction, as an example, you may want to find additional research on social interaction for your selected species. You may even find research about social interaction variations when the observed primates are in captivity or not.

Read your assignment instructions carefully and always check with your instructor if you have questions!

Here are a few things Jamie would recommend as you work on this project:

1. Give yourself time to find an article you like.
2. To avoid paywalls, I would try the library database ProQuest Newsstream.
3. Search your term (i.e. "fossil hominids").
4. Limit to the last 6 months using the Publication Date Limiter.
5. Skim the results, find one you like, and read it!
6. If you want to check original news sites for stories, feel free. Sometimes images are removed in the library versions we have.

You can also search for newspaper articles on their individual websites or by looking through a browser's "news" results... but sometimes these live behind a pay wall. Please don't pay to read articles!!! If you find an article you can't read online, check with the library to see if we have access!

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