Opportunities exist for hands-on research of primate behavior, functional morphology, organismal physiology, reproduction, and genetics. Opportunities exist to work in the Primate Center and Medical School facilities' extensive fossil collections. Additional labs use molecular genetics techniques and other lab work focuses on functional and evolutionary morphology and vertebrate development. Arrangements can be made to conduct studes in these labs. Field work .
Many faculty members conduct field work.
Opportunities sometimes exist to join them during fossil recovery work in the USA, or behavioral ecology field work in various tropical countries. While you may be most familiar with the Perkins Library, majors in BAA will also find it useful to know about other library facilities on campus. The Biology-Forestry library, in 101 Biological Sciences Building, contains a wonderful collection of books and journals on evolutionary biology, including many relevant to, or focusing on, primates. Recent issues of journals are displayed in the reading room. Several biological anthropology journals, as well as many of the leading books, are also available in the departmental library in 273 Sands Building.