We implemented focal observations based on the Kibale Chimpanzee Project and found that (unlike in the wild) males and females exhibited similar affiliative behaviors, a high proportion of female aggression involved coalitions, and some adult females outranked a few lower-status adult males
New data science activity!
Check out this R module on calculating and analyzing #grooming and #aggression rates in #chimpanzees, using real data from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Activity information: sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearn...
Kibale Chimpanzee Project: kibalechimpanzees.wordpress.com
Learn more about research in the Social Minds Lab at sites.lsa.umich.edu/warneken/
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
Did you know male #Barbary #macaques will carry infants from the group? Males show high rates of #infant #handling compared to other primates, and will even carry young, unweaned infants around.
Learn more about the research in the Cognitive Evolution Group at sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
We are hiring! Jointly with @felixwa.bsky.social and the Social Minds Lab at UMich, the Cognitive Evolution Group is accepting applications for a full-time lab coordinator for research on cognition in #children, adults, and #primates.
More information at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
Find the PDF here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
Check out our new paper on #female affiliation and #status in semi-free-ranging #chimpanzees! This is a collaboration with Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, along with Margaret Bryer, @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, and many others!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Primates like these #Barbary #macaques at Trentham Monkey Forest love to #groom!
We are excited to be back to start some new research examining how these monkeys think and make social decisions.