Reminder that a lot of grants are due in little over a week (June 1)! This includes Research grants, Undergraduate Project scholarships and the ECBB Conference Attendance/Childcare/Accessibility grants 💸🏃
www.asab.org/grant-overview
Check out the paper "Female affiliation and status in semi-free-ranging chimpanzees" in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Or find the PDF here to learn more: sites.lsa.umich.edu/cognitive-ev...
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
#Chimpanzees can show major sex differences: males are typically more aggressive, obtain higher status, and are more sociable than females
Recent work by Margaret Bryer, @kris-sabbi.bsky.social @zeppypearl.bsky.social @alexrosati.bsky.social & others shows that these differences can be #flexible!
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.
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.
Objectives Sex differences in social behavior and status are pervasive across primates and other mammals. In the wild, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) exhibit many sex-typed behaviors: adult female ch...
Zanzibar red colobuses (Piliocolobus kirkii), also called Kirk's red colobus monkeys, are endemic to islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago. They supplement their leafy diets with charcoal to soothe their digestive systems. Threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Endangered and Critically Depleted.
Collared brown lemurs (Eulemur collaris) are endemic to southeastern Madagascar. Cathemeral, they are active both day and night throughout the year. Their activity is strongly influenced by nocturnal luminosity. Threatened by habitat destruction and hunting. Listed as Endangered.
Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) were thought extinct in the mid-1900s. Rediscovered in southeastern Madagascar in the 1960s and '70s. Bamboo serves as their primary source of food. Threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture, climate change, and hunting. Critically Endangered.
