Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's stronghold for the endangered species. How do foraging animals find their ...

The courses you have taken in biological anthropology at CU have been developed to give you an understanding of the current state of knowledge in the discipline as well as a sufficient understanding ...

Linda Marchant, PhD [Professor and Chair, Anthropology]: Hi. I'm Linda Marchant, chair of the Department of Anthropology at Miami University. Here at Miami, our anthropology students and professors do ...

When Alison Jolly heard about the plot of the 2005 film Madagascar from Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of DreamWorks Animation, she took issue with one detail. The seasoned primatologist had ...

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. A ...

The black snub-nosed monkey (also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey) is a medium-sized primate species named for its black fur and a distinctive upturned nose, which results from a lack of nasal ...

Professor MacKinnon is a biological anthropologist with research interests in human and non-human primate behavior; the evolution of social complexity; sustainability, conservation, ecotourism, and ...

Frans de Waal's latest book, The Bonobo and the Atheist, is both an exceptionally good read and a tour de force of scholarship. In it, de Waal states his argument for the evolution of human empathy ...

Michelle Sauther and Jack Dalton (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) are co-editors of a new Special Issue of the International Journal of Primatology: What They Do In the Shadows; New ...

Primate social behavior and social structure including parent-offspring relationships; Evolution of cooperative behavior; Kinship; Social style and conflict management; Juvenile social networks, Play ...

I recently had the honor of speaking with Frans de Waal, one of the world’s foremost experts in primatology, on The Nature & Nurture Podcast. We spoke about his new book Different: Gender Through the ...