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Welcome to the website of the Primate Society of Great Britain

We are the UK's national primatological society, dedicated to the advancement of research on primates (including humans), their biology, evolution, conservation and captive welfare. Through our conferences, our thrice-yearly publication of Primate Eye, and the activities of our working parties in Conservation and Captive Care, we aim to be active in both academic and more applied spheres. I hope you find our website useful and interesting, and we invite you to come to our meetings, apply to be a member, and purchase some of the goods we sell in aid of primate conservation.                                                                                                                                                 Professor Ann MacLarnon, President, PSGB

It is with very great sadness that we announce the sudden death of one of our Council members, Dr Charles Lockwood, in an accident in London on Monday 14th July. Charlie was a highly valued member of the PSGB community, and the anthropological community internationally, and he will be very greatly missed. In Charlie's honour we have introduced a new prize for the best student presentation at our spring meetings. The first medal will be presented at the spring meeting on 16-17th April 2009 in Bournemouth. More information on the students pages. In addition, the Paleoanthropology Society has kindly agreed to host a special symposium in honour of Charlie Lockwood's contributions to palaeoanthropology. It will take place at the annual meeting in Chicago at 2:45pm Tuesday, 31 March 2009. There will be an informal gathering for drinks later that night (venue to be announced during the meeting) to continue the celebration of his life and work. The session is organised by friends of Charlie's at University College London, Arizona State University, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, California Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University.

The Primate Society of Great Britain is a UK learned society (Registered Charity No. 290185) affiliated to the International Primatological Society and the European Federation for Primatology.

The PSGB was founded in 1967 to promote research into all aspects of primate biology, conservation and management.

The Society is very strong scientifically and holds regular scientific meetings. In addition, the Society has launched a conservation appeal to help the urgent plight of primates in nature. This appeal is co-ordinated by our Conservation Working Party, which considers and works towards many aspects of primate conservation (downloadable poster).

The Society has also established a Captive Care Working Party which works in close association with the Conservation Working Party. This subcommittee considers all issues that relate to the use, maintenance and breeding of primates in captivity.

PSGB is a thriving society which invites membership from people with a serious interest in primates. There are three levels of membership: full, student and associate. The annual programme includes at least two scientific meetings. Members of the Society receive the journal PRIMATE EYE which is published three times a year, and includes reports of the Captive Care and Conservation Working Parties, abstracts of talks given at PSGB meetings, details of future meetings, book reviews, and news of primate projects amongst other things. Our ethical statement can be found here.