Trudy R. Turner is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and an Affiliated Faculty member in the Genetics Department at the University of the Free State, South Africa. She is co-founder of Primate Ecology and Genetics Group (PEGG), the South African Primatology Society. Christopher A. Schmitt is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Boston University, where he is also affiliated faculty in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Program. Jennifer Danzy Cramer is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Sociology, Anthropology, and Women's Studies Program at American Public University.
'Savanna monkeys are noted to be numerous and widespread across their range, perhaps the most numerous non-human primate. In terms of conservation biology it is well known that common species can suddenly undergo rapid and sometimes difficult to explain declines. Whilst savanna monkeys are not endangered and are still common, perhaps study and analysis could be directed to help keep them that way and research with this aim might benefit other less fortunate taxa.' Ray Heaton, Primate Eye