Research Interests:

I am interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of social behavior in primates. Most of my empirical work has focused on the behavioral and reproductive strategies of females in two Old World monkey species, bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) and baboons (Papio cynocephalus).

I have become increasingly interested in questions that explicitly link studies of nonhuman primates to humans, attempting to probe the phylogenetic roots of capacities that play a crucial role in human societies, such as reconciliation, cooperation, friendship, cooperative signals, paternal investment, and the origins of prosocial sentiments.

 

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