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Caribbean Primate Research Center receives $7.8 million

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The Caribbean Primate Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico received a $7.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to repair its facilities in Cayo Santiago, Humacao.

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Monkey Island designated as scientific reserve

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Cayo Santiago, best known as Monkey Island, was declared a scientific reserve by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Cayo Santiago is an important and world-renowned research center.

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Monkeys can recognize paternal relatives they've never met

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A group of scientists, including researchers at the University of Puerto Rico's Caribbean Center for Primate Research, found that monkeys are able to recognize paternal blood relatives, even if they've never seen them before. The results of their study were published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Biology.

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Monkeys and Men: Learning from Cayo Santiago

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Melissa S. Gerald

What does who opens the door on a date on a frigid Cambridge evening have to do with a lush island off the shores of Puerto Rico? For that matter, what does this island, teaming with squealing free-ranging rhesus monkeys, have to do with some of the best minds at Harvard?

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UPR calendar captures the beauty of the primates at Cayo Santiago

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The 2015 annual calendar for the University of Puerto Rico, will feature pictures from the primates at Cayo Santiago, Humacao. The pictures were taken by students of Graphy Design and photography at the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina.

To visit the primates center web page visit http://cprc.rcm.upr.edu/ 

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