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The Evolution of Primate Social Relationships and Cognition
The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP)
and the Department of Anthropology are co-sponsoring a special lecture series
and seminar this term. EHAP is made possible by the College of LSA, the Department
of Psychology, thre Department of Psychiatry, and the ISR. Send a note to EHAP@umich.edu
to get on the mailing list for updates.
The lectures are open to all. This series is
organized by Jacinta Beehner. She and Thore Bergman have just joined the UM
faculty, bringing us great new strength in primatology. The seminar, taught
by Jacinta Beehner, is for graduate students from all Departments.
All seminars will be held in East Hall on Friday
1- 3 pm (see each lecture for specific room)
| September 15 |
Dawn Kitchen, Ohio State University "Loud
calls as indicators of fighting ability in primates: Insights from baboons
and howler monkeys” 4448 East Hall |
| September 22 |
Pat Wright, SUNY Stony Brook “Aging in
the wild: senescence, social affiliation, and cognition in Madagascar's
lemurs” B844 East Hall |
| September 29 |
Jacinta Beehner, University of Michigan “Sizing
up rivals: Hormonal and visual signals in wild baboons” 4448 East
Hall |
| October 6 |
John Mitani, University of Michigan “Kinship
and behavior in wild chimpanzees” B844 East Hall |
| October 13 |
Martin Muller, Boston University “Male
mate choice and sexual coercion in wild chimpanzees” 4448 East Hall
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| October 20 |
Susan Perry, UCLA "Social learning and traditions
in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys" 4448 East Hall |
| October 27 |
Thore Bergman, University of Michigan “Comparing
behavior and communication across baboons and gelada monkeys” 4448
East Hall |
| November 3 |
Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth, University
of Pennsylvania “The function of social cognition” B844 East
Hall |
| November 10 |
Brian Hare, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology “A chimpanzee perspective on unique features of human
social cognition” 4448 East Hall |
| November 17 |
Susan Alberts, Duke University "Not just
mother love: paternity and paternal kinship in wild baboons" 4448
East Hall |
| November 24 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| December 1 |
Ryne Palombit, Rutgers University “Friendship
& conflict between the sexes in chacma and olive baboons” 4448
East Hall |
| December 8 |
Sarah Brosnan, Emory University “Fairness
and prosocial behavior in nonhuman primates” B844 East Hall |
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