My friend and colleague’s final essay in Nature’s post-doc journal has been published this week. You can read the summary of her research and reflections on nearly a year of fieldwork studying the behavior of wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada) in the chilly highlands of Ethiopia by following this link.
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Earlier this year, I commented on an article describing the first instance of primate hunting by bonobos (Pan paniscus) [1]. Bonobos, like their more famous cousins—chimpanzees, hunt in groups. This is interesting because both chimpanzees and bonobos are omnivores; hence they need not hunt in groups to acquire adequate nutrition. While individual benefit from group [...]
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It has been a good six months here at BA&BHB. While the blog did not start until my return from 2.5 months of field research in Ethiopia, I re-published all of my field entries from my previous blog when I returned to the United States so I like to think this blog technically started last [...]
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