Michelle Bezanson, Liliana Cortés-Ortiz, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Ramesh Boonratana, Susana Carvalho, Marina Cords, Stella de la Torre, Catherine Hobaiter, Tatyana Humle, Patrícia Izar, Jessica W Lynch, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Joanna M Setchell, Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, Karen B Strier
Postings on social media on Twitter (now X), BioAnthropology News (Facebook), and other venues, as well as recent publications in prominent journals, show that primatologists, ecologists, and other researchers are questioning the terms "Old World" and "New World" due to their colonial implications and history. The terms are offensive if they result in erasing Indigenous voices and history, ignoring the fact that Indigenous peoples were in the Americas long before European colonization. Language use is not without context, but alternative terminology is not always obvious and available...
November 30, 2023: Primates; Journal of Primatology