Dr. Tattersall is currently working with Research Associate Jeffrey Schwartz on a multi-volume project to document the major fossils in the human fossil record. The literature as it stands is not a good resource for comparing human fossils, because standards of description and terminology vary widely. Because it employs a consistent descriptive and photographic protocol, this new work will make it possible for the first time for colleagues, students, and others to make the necessary comparisons without the extensive travel needed to consult the originals, which are in institutions all over the world. It will thus be a unique resource for paleoanthropology that will spur future research. This compilation will also serve as a database for this museum's own analyses of hominid systematics, the revision of which is clearly needed as the human fossil record rapidly expands. Dr. Tattersall is also continuing his independent inquiries into the nature and emergence of modern human cognition. He recently completed a book of essays on the subject, The Monkey in the Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human. He maintains an active interest in the systematics, ecology, and conservation of the lemurs of Madagascar, and is collecting material to update his classic book The Primates of Madagascar, originally published in 1982. In addition to Madagascar, he has conducted fieldwork in the Comoro Islands, Mauritius, Borneo, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Yemen, Vietnam, Surinam, French Guiana, Reunion, and the United States.