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High Moon Over the Amazon

From New York City in the 1960s to the depths of the Amazon in the 1970s and ’80s, relive one woman’s transformation from Brooklyn housewife to an accomplished scientist. Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world’s foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate— Aotus, the owl monkey, or “monkey of the night.” But along her journey to discover the behavior of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright found more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself.











When: Tue., Oct. 15, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
212-769-5100
Price: $15
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From New York City in the 1960s to the depths of the Amazon in the 1970s and ’80s, relive one woman’s transformation from Brooklyn housewife to an accomplished scientist. Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world’s foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate— Aotus, the owl monkey, or “monkey of the night.” But along her journey to discover the behavior of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright found more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself.

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