Anne Zeller
Anne C. Zeller is a physical anthropologist who specializes in the study of primates. She received her M.A.(1971) and Ph.D (1978) from the University of Toronto.
During her graduate studies she worked on chromosome analysis, comparing chimpanzee and human chromosomes. Anne has undertaken primate field research in Morocco, Gibraltar, Texas, Borneo and Africa. These two types of research combine interests in the physical development of humans from their primate ancestors, and the behavioral patterns of primates which are similar to those found among humans. However, her approach to physical anthropology is very wide ranging and she has presented papers on witchcraft, dietary influences on behaviour, the role of children in evolution, and child abuse in primates, as well as on her major focus of primate communication.
She is also interested in the use of film in research and teaching, has prepared video tapes for use in her classes and is analyzing film taken during her field research. Her current research concerns the interactions of adults and infants in the socializing process of Macaca fascicularis, the crab eating macaque of Indonesia.
Anne began teaching full-time at the University of Waterloo in the Department of Anthropology in 1982, and spent several years as the Chair or Head of Anthropology after 1993. Anne also held a series of positions at the University of Alberta, the University of Victoria and the University of Toronto. She retired from teaching in 2009.
Filmography
- Chimpanzees Today
- Five Species
- Hominid Evolution 1: The Early Stages
- Hominid Evolution 2: The Genus Homo
- Images From the Field: Baboons
- Lemurs of Madagascar
- New World Monkeys
- Primate-Human Interaction
- Primate Patterns II
- Sifakas of Madagascar
- What Do Primatologists Do?
Publications
- 1980 - Primate Facial Gestures: A Study of Communication. Papers in Linguistics: International Journal of Human Communication 13(4):565-606.
- 1982 - Speaking of Clever Apes. Recherches Semiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry, Vol. 2(3):276-308.
- 1983 - The Use of Film in the Study of Primate Communication. Society for the Anthropological Study of Visual Communication Newsletter, Vol. 11(2).
- 1984 - Signes des Signes. International Semiotic Spectrum, No. 2. June 1984. A publication of the Toronto Semiotic Circle.
- 1985 - Component Patterns in Gesture Formation in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Canadian Review of Physical Anthropology 4(2):35-42.
- 1986 - Comparison of Component Patterns in Threatening and Friendly Gestures in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Current Perspectives in Primate Social Dynamics, D.M. Taub and F.A. King, eds. Van Nostrand Reinhold Press. pp. 487–504.
- 1987 - ., "Communication by Sight and Smell", in Smuts, B.B., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Wrangham, R.W., Struhsaker, T.T. (eds), Primate Societies, Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, pp. 433–439., ISBN 978-0-226-76715-4
- 1987 - A Role for Children in Hominid Evolution. Man. Vol. 22(3):528-557.
- 1990 - The Study of Visual and Vocal Communication. In Primates: Recherches Actuelles. J.J. Roeder and J.R. Anderson eds. Paris: Masson Press.
- 1990 - Arctic Hysteria in Salem. Anthropologica. Vol 23:239-264.
- 1991 - The Grieving Process in Non-Human Primates. In Coping with The Final Tragedy. D. Counts and D. Counts eds. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Press. pp. 5–26.
- 1991 - Human Response to Primate Deviance. Anthropologica 33(1-2). pp 39–68.
- 1992 - Grooming Interactions Over Infants in Four Species of Primates. Visual Anthropology 5. pp. 63–86.
- 1992 - Communication in the Social Unit. In Social Processes and Mental Abilities in Non-Human Primates. Dr. F.D. Burton ed. Queenston: Edwin Mellon Press. pp 61–89.
- 1994 - Evidence of Structure in Macaque Communication. In The Ethological Roots of Culture. R.A. Gardner et al. eds., pp. 15–39. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- 1996 - The Interplay of Kinship Organisation and Facial Communication in the Macaques. In Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies, John E. Fa and Donald G. Lindburg, eds., Ch. 24. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- 2001 - Out of Awareness: Into Perception. Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society Vol. 27(1-2), pp. 63–73.
- 2001 - Pretending in Monkeys. In Pretence in Animals and Children. Ed. R.W. Mitchell. Cambridge University Press, pp. 183–195.
- 2004 - Socioecology or Tradition. In Reviews in Anthropology. Vol. 33(1), 2004, pp. 19–41
Related filmmakers
References
- "Anne Zeller". www.der.org. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- Biography at University of Waterloo (website)
External links
- "Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo". (biographical information and links for Anne Zeller)
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