Dr Ameline Bardo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow studying the evolution of tool use. She researches the differences between the ability of great apes and … Read more
Category: Biological Anthropology
Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression
A University study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby … Read more
Female chimpanzees know which males are most likely to kill their babies
New research carried out by the School of Anthropology and Conservation sheds light on the infanticidal behaviour of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and demonstrates that females are … Read more
Brand new Biological Anthropology Teaching Lab unveiled
The School of Anthropology and Conservation is very proud to open its brand new £150,000 teaching laboratory, completed over the summer vacation in preparation for … Read more
Modeling the group size effect on individual predation risk among non-human primates
Principal Investigator: Dr Brandon Wheeler
GRASP Evolution of the human hand: Grasping trees and tools
Principal Investigator: Dr Tracy L Kivell
Proximate mechanisms underlying tactical deception and counter-deception in capuchin monkeys: stress and skepticism?
Principal Investigator: Dr Brandon Wheeler
Chimpanzee Reciprocity
Principal Investigator: Dr Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher
Tooth structure and development in extant and fossil primates
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Skinner
Transition into Parenthood
Principal Investigator: Sarah E. Johns