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Another science comedy dream come true! There is now a (hilarious) True Facts about macaques. And it's not much, but the very last clip with the macaque in the bush came from me (recorded by former research assistant Jackie Buhl). Eeeeeee!
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New book by Lydia Denworth is released. Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond is a fascinating overview of the science behind friends. Pictured with the author in Philadelphia in May - one of our many meetings and chats about all things friends.
The New York Times coverage of Cayo Santiago after Hurricane Maria, our research on the impact of the storm on monkey behaviour, and excellent accounts of people coming together in the face of adversity
Read the summary in Evolutionary Anthropology of the workshop on Female Leadership in Mammalian and Human Societies that took place at the Wiko Institute in Berlin, Feb 2019
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Click here to watch my interview on Telemundo
highlighting research on Cayo Santiago and our recovery
efforts following Hurricane Maria
My New Scientist article on the biology of friendship appears in their new book, "How to be Human"
Source: 20th Century Fox
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Q&A in London about ape societies and behaviour with the cast of War for the Planet of the Apes.
Source: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
When do friends matter most? I chat with Lydia Denworth for her Psychology Today blog about the importance of social ties across the lifespan.
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Giving the plenary talk at ASAB's Spring Meeting in 2016
I was awarded the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)'s
Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator.
Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator.
My Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship was highlighted as the
1,000th ECF awarded by the Leverhulme Trust
1,000th ECF awarded by the Leverhulme Trust
I was interviewed by Michael Moore for his latest film, Where to Invade Next,
but was sadly left on the cutting room floor.
but was sadly left on the cutting room floor.
I wrote an article on the biology of friendship for New Scientist
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Comedy dreams acheived!
My research appeared on The Onion and was (indirectly) made fun of by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show
My research appeared on The Onion and was (indirectly) made fun of by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show
I gave a TED talk in NYC as part of their 2012 Talent Search