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Jenny Tung elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and Evolution

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences honors Jenny Tung for her outstanding contributions

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Demand for critical minerals puts African great apes at risk

Primate Behavior and Evolution

More than a third of Africa’s great ape population faces risks related to mining

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Early life adversity leaves long-term signatures in baboon DNA

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Study shows multiple pathways connect early life adversity to later life health

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In wild orangutans social learning is affected by ecology

Primate Behavior and Evolution

A new study shows, how food availability could catalyze cultural transmission

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Use of habitat for agricultural purposes puts primate infants at risk

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Study reveals link between frequent plantation visits and infant mortality in wild southern pig-tailed macaques in Peninsular Malaysia

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Male crested macaques more likely to respond to offspring screams recruiting support

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Macaca Nigra Project: Special issue of the International Journal of Primatology

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Locals know how to eat

Primate Behavior and Evolution

To find the choicest menu options, migrant orangutans watch how the locals eat

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Costs and benefits of genetic mixing

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Baboons borrowed a third of their genes from a closely related species

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Genetic and behavioral approaches to primate evolution

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, welcomes Jenny Tung as new Director

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