Anne Zeller Explained

Anne C. Zeller is a physical anthropologist who specializes in the study of primates. She received her M.A. (1971)^[1] and Ph.D (1978) from the University of Toronto.^[2]

During her graduate studies she worked on chromosome analysis, comparing chimpanzee and human chromosomes. Zeller 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.

Zeller 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. Zeller 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?

Select publications

Journal articles

• Zeller, Anne. Primate facial gestures: A study of communication. Paper in Linguistics. 1 January 1980. 13. 4. 565–605. 10.1080/08351818009370512. 0031-1251.
• Zeller, Anne. Speaking of Clever Apes. Recherches sémiotiques / Semiotic Inquiry. 1982. 2. 3. 276–308.
• Component Patterns in Gesture Formation in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Canadian Review of Physical Anthropology. 1985. 4. 2. 35–42.
• A Role for Children in Hominid Evolution. Man. September 1987. 22. 3. 528–557. 10.2307/2802504. 2802504. Zeller. A. C..
• Arctic Hysteria in Salem?. Anthropologica. 1 January 1990. 32. 2. 239–264. 25605580. Zeller. Anne C..
• Human Response to Primate Deviance. Anthropologica. 1 January 1991. 33. 1/2. 39–68. 10.2307/25605600. 25605600. Zeller. Anne C..
• Grooming interactions over infants in four species of primate. Visual Anthropology. 1 January 1992. 5. 1. 63–86. 10.1080/08949468.1992.9966578. 0894-9468. Zeller. Anne.
• Chimpanzee Grooming as Social Custom:Chimpanzee Grooming as Social Custom.. American Anthropologist. March 2001. 103. 1. 194–196. 10.1525/aa.2001.103.1.194. Zeller. Anne.
• Socioecology or Tradition. Reviews in Anthropology. 1 January 2004. 33. 1. 19–41. 10.1080/713649338. 0093-8157. Zeller. Anne. 162297711.

Book chapters

• Book: Taub, David M.. King, Frederick A.. Current perspectives in primate social dynamics. 1986. Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York. 9780442282899. Comparison of Component Patterns in Threatening and Friendly Gestures in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar.
• Book: Smuts, Barbara B.. Cheney, D.L.. Seyfarth, R.M.. Primate societies. 1987. University of Chicago Press. Chicago. 9780226102405. 433–439. Communication by Sight and Smell.
• Book: Burton, Frances D.. Social processes and mental abilities in non-human primates : evidences from longitudinal field studies. 1992. Edwin Mellen Press. Lewiston u.a.. 9780773495371. 61–89. Communication in the Social Unit.
• Book: Roeder, Jean-Jacques. Anderson, James Russell. Primates : recherches actuelles. 1990. Masson. Paris. 2225819696. The Study of Visual and Vocal Communication.
• Book: Counts, David R.. Counts, Dorothy A.. Coping with the final tragedy : cultural variation in dying and grieving. 1991. Baywood Pub. Co.. Amityville, N.Y.. 9780895030818.
• Book: Gardner, R.A.. Chiarelli, Brunetto. Plooij, Frans C.. Ethological roots of culture. 1994. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Netherlands. 978-94-010-4433-2. Evidence of Structure in Macaque Communication. 15–39.
• Out of Awareness: Into Perception. Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society. 2001. 27. 1–2. 63–73.
• Book: Mitchell, Robert W.. Pretending and Imagination in Animals and Children. 2002. Cambridge University Press. 9781139439442. Pretending in Monkeys.
• Book: Fa, John E.. Lindburg, Donald G.. Evolution and ecology of macaque societies. 2005. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521021715. The Interplay of Kinship Organisation and Facial Communication in the Macaques.

Related filmmakers

• Robert Gardner
• Tim Asch

See also

• List of University of Waterloo people

References

• Web site: Anne Zeller. 2007-02-15. www.der.org.
• Biography at University of Waterloo (website)

External links

• Web site: Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo. (biographical information and links for Anne Zeller)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Anthropology . Anne C. Zeller . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024211832/http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/zeller.html . October 24, 2012 . November 11, 2024 . University of Waterloo.
2. Web site: Anne Zeller DER Filmmaker Bio . 2024-11-11 . . en-US.