Within the framework of the activities prepared for MONA’s 10th Anniversary, we will be welcoming Dr. and Dra. Fouts. During their visit they will speaking at a conference at Cosmocaixa on 4th May, where they will explain how sign language eradicates the division between chimpanzees and humans. Admission is free but reservations are required.
On the occasion of our tenth anniversary, Josep Call will offer some courses in December on cognition in great apes. In addition, we are setting the basis to start a joint collaboration between the Max Planck Institute and the Mona Research Unit.
This is very good news that they are finally listening to us and those responsible for the programe have confirmed that representatives of Antena 3 and the two producers want to hear our voice.
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This 2011 we are celebrating the first 10th Anniversary of this project and have scheduled a series of activities and events throughout the year to celebrate it.
Today Feb. 10th officially begins the start of these events with the presence of…
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From next Monday 27 December the enrollment period will be open for the various 2011 courses. We will be offering a total of 18 courses structured in 5 areas: Primatology and Ethology, Conservation and Management, Human Evolution, Photography and Drawing, and Natural Sciences. These will consist of: Primate Cognition Seminars I and II, Chimpanzee Protection; Naturalistic Drawing and Improvement in Nature Photography, amongst others. New developments have been the addition of two courses on the Management and Care of Primates course, and a further level on the Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior II course.You can read here the journal Primates No. 21
