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Dr. Francine Neago is a Primatologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primatology] and Conservationist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_biology] specializing in orangutans. In addition to her internationally televised films about orangutans she has published several scientific papers in the Journal of Primatology (New York). In 2006 she co-authored a book on humans raising an orphaned orangutan [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm].

'''Dr. [[Person First Name::Francine]] [[Person Last Name::Neago]]''' is a [[Professional Description::Primatologist]] and [[Professional Description::Conservationist]] specializing in orangutans. In addition to her internationally televised films about orangutans she has published several scientific papers in the [[Directory:Journal of Primatology|Journal of Primatology]] (New York). In 2006 she co-authored a book on [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm humans raising an orphaned orangutan] with co-author [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/order-online.htm Esther Kerr].

While at UCLA between 1978 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 1989] she developed a computer system in conjunction with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM IBM] later used by the Smithsonian National Zoo  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_Research_Center|Smithsonian National Zoo] to teach language to orangutans [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm], and organized and directed the world's first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/orangutan orangutan] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/language language] study. With the aid of a computer, she taught an ape [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ape] named Bulan sign [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sign language] and a method she devised for spelling in a  phonetic alphabet  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phonetic alphabet]. Encyclopedia Britannica [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia Britannica] first listed her language program in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988 1988] [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html].

While at UCLA between 1978 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 1989] she developed a computer system in conjunction with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM IBM] later used by the Smithsonian National Zoo  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_Research_Center|Smithsonian National Zoo] to teach language to [[orangutan]]s [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm], and organized and directed the world's first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/orangutan orangutan] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/language language] study. With the aid of a [[computer]], she taught an ape [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ape] named Bulan sign [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sign language] and a method she devised for spelling in a  phonetic alphabet  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phonetic alphabet]. [[Directory:Encyclopedia Britannica|Encyclopedia Britannica]] first listed her language program in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988 1988] [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html].

Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris Paris] and originally trained as a general practitioner in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/medicine medicine], she studied the behavior and language of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae|Great Apes] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia Indonesia]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya Surabaya] Zoological Park from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965 1965] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977 1977]. At that time she also volunteered as a park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/veterinarian veterinarian], founded and operated a free medical clinic and hospital for 10 years, and pioneered a number of relief projects for Indonesian people. In 1977 she lived for six months inside a cage at the Singapore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Zoo] with eighteen orangutans to study their behavior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology|behavior] and communication.  

Born in [[Birth City:=Paris|[[Directory:Paris|Paris]]]], [[Birth Country Name:=France|[[Directory:France|France]]]] and originally trained as a general practitioner in [[medicine]], she studied the [[ape]] and language of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae|Great Apes] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia Indonesia]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya Surabaya] Zoological Park from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965 1965] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977 1977]. At that time she also volunteered as a park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/veterinarian veterinarian], founded and operated a free medical clinic and hospital for 10 years, and pioneered a number of relief projects for Indonesian people. In 1977 she lived for six months inside a cage at the Singapore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Zoo] with eighteen orangutans to study their behavior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology|behavior] and communication.  

Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978 1978] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 1989] she lectured in primatology at UCLA, and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980 1980] she organized the rehabilitation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chimpanzee chimpanzee]s from cages in laboratories to the Lion Country Safari [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion Country Safari] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida]. Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990 1990] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995 1995] she rehabilitated local wildlife in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jungle jungle] of Costa Rica  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa Rica], and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996 1996] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997 1997] she organized a site for the rehabilitation of Endangered species while living in a private [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/zoo zoo] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riau Riau] Province in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra Sumatra].

Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978 1978] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 1989] she lectured in primatology at UCLA, and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980 1980] she organized the rehabilitation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chimpanzee chimpanzee]s from cages in laboratories to the Lion Country Safari [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion Country Safari] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida]. Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990 1990] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995 1995] she rehabilitated local wildlife in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jungle jungle] of Costa Rica  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa Rica], and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996 1996] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997 1997] she organized a site for the rehabilitation of Endangered species while living in a private [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/zoo zoo] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riau Riau] Province in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra Sumatra].

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html Curriculm Vitae of Dr. Neago]

* [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/cv.html Curriculm Vitae] of [[Directory:Francine Neago/Curriculm Vitae|Francine Neago/Curriculm Vitae]]

* [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm Orang utan Language Project (OLP)] Smithsonian National Zoological Park

* [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm Orang utan Language Project (OLP)] Smithsonian National Zoological Park

* [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/ Orangutan Language website]

* [http://www.orangutanlanguage.com/ Orangutan Language website]

* [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm Orphaned orangutan raised by humans] Book by Dr. Neago, 2006

* [http://www.uturatpublishing.com/orangutan-loving-home.htm Orphaned orangutan raised by humans] Book by Dr. Neago, 2006

* [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/wdp/entry/4190 International Directory of Primatology] Neago, Francis

* [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/wdp/entry/4190 International Directory of Primatology] Neago, Francis