Primate characteristics -- Global primate distribution -- Diet and habitat -- Gardeners of the forest -- Primate cultures -- Social structures -- Communication -- Darwin's big idea -- Friend or foe? -- Primate tourism -- Primate conservation -- In the field -- Introduction : prosimians -- Lorises and the potto -- Bushbabies -- Introducing lemurs -- Dwarf and mouse lemurs -- Sportive lemurs -- True lemurs, including bamboo lemurs -- The indrid family -- Aye-aye -- Tarsiers -- Introduction : New World monkeys -- Marmosets and tamarins -- Night monkeys -- Titi monkeys -- Capuchins and squirrel monkeys -- Sakis and uakaris -- Howler monkeys -- Spider monkeys, muriquis, and woolly monkeys -- Introduction : Old World monkeys -- Macaques -- Baboons -- Drill and mandrill -- Mangabeys -- Patas monkey and swamp monkey -- Vervet and talapoin monkeys -- Guenons -- Black-and-white colobus -- Red colobus and olive colobus -- Langurs -- Odd-nosed colobines -- Proboscis monkey -- Introduction : apes -- Gibbons and siamang -- Brachiation -- Orangutans -- Gorillas -- Chimpanzee and bonobo -- The cultured ape -- Humans -- Where to watch primates.