Peering Back at Primates - Shelf Life #19

American Museum of Natural History

Primate specimens collected more than 80 years ago—such as gibbons from wild populations in Southeast Asia—are still being studied by researchers today to learn about the diversity of modern primates and help conservation efforts. Curator Robert Voss explains why these collections are irreplaceable and how the American Museum of Natural History has recently rehoused and re-curated more than 10,000 scientific specimens, which are now being digitized for future generations of researchers. #primates #conservation #gibbons #mammalogy #science Visit AMNH.org for a transcript of this episode: https://www.amnh.org/TKTK This video is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #DBI 1455763. For Shelf Life’s Season 2, pack your bags for adventure. Explore fantastic stories from more than a century of expeditions that helped build the Museum’s 34 million specimens and artifacts—and find out what scientists are still uncovering about them today. For more, visit our series website: http://www.amnh.org/ShelfLife Series Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2PmDLfWt1Q Episode 1: 33 Million Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NR-xl7W0vo Episode 2: Turtles and Taxonomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmXqn9AW2Kc Episode 3: Six Ways to Prepare a Coelacanth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqL17uabbso Episode 4: Skull of the Olinguito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEYfY0mRc5k Episode 5: How To Time Travel To a Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5xJqFtPGAA Episode 6: The Tiniest Fossils https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSa8cGJixQ Episode 7: The Language Detectives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92IvcuQF9cg Episode 8: Voyage of the Giant Squid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47by1jPTPw Episode 9: Kinsey’s Wasps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHc5l4gQsro Episode 10: The Dinosaurs of Ghost Ranch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567bv6xmuss Episode 11: Green Grow the Salamanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9Z-pHr-nE Episode 12: Six Extinctions In Six Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuwOgcS1W0 360 Episode: Fossil Hunting in the Gobi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdqd8c_-hY Episode 13: Nothing But the Tooth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTyNGtadjq0 Episode 14: Into the Island of Bats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYPKljj7cY 360 Episode: Shamans of Siberia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInUt3rJ3AE Episode 15: The Guts and Glory of Object Conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZuYhwozw9Y Episode 16: Tales From the Cryptic Species https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwxG0_S2OE Episode 17: Nabokov’s Butterflies 360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZImOllPS59w Episode 18: Under the Volcanoes https://youtu.be/gcIyHIdiySU 360 Episode: Space Volcanoes https://youtu.be/5uwHOx2V2jI *** Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AMNHOrg Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/AMNHorg Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistory Twitter: http://twitter.com/amnh Tumblr: http://amnhnyc.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/amnh This video and all media incorporated herein (including text, images, and audio) are the property of the American Museum of Natural History or its licensors, all rights reserved. The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum. © American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY