Human-driven Extinction of World's Primates Imminent but Preventable, Say Primatologists (17 of 19) (IMAGE)

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Human-driven Extinction of World's Primates Imminent but Preventable, Say Primatologists (17 of 19)

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Deforestation of Iwokrama Forest, Guyana. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 18, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Estrada at National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, and colleagues was titled, 'Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: Why primates matter.'

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