The Evolution of Monogamy, Paternal Care and Pairbonds

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The Penn Anthropology program, ranked 6th nationally, offers a four-field approach to Canopy walk, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador the study of anthropology. At Penn, Biological Anthropology students interested Current Graduate Students: in primatology and human behavior also benefit from interactions with faculty in other Cecilia Juarez: 04 Khimji WatercolorbyShenaz departments, such as Drs. Dorothy L. [email protected] Cheney (Biology), Robert Kurzban Andrea Spence-Aizenberg: (Psychology), and Robert M. Seyfarth [email protected] (Psychology). Sam Larson: [email protected] Ph.D students are offered 5 years of full Maggie Corley: support through the Benjamin Franklin [email protected] Fellowships. Paul Babb: [email protected] For questions regarding the Graduate Primatology and Program contact the Graduate Department of Anthropology Anthropology @ Penn Coordinator Zoe Beckerman at (215) 746- University of Pennsylvania 3260 South Street 0409. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398 Phone: 215-898-7461 www.sas.upenn.edu/anthro/ Field sites Argentina & Ecuador Some current collaborations

Influence of carnivores on owl monkey populations (with Dr. M. Huck, Pilagá River Aotus azarae Quincho Research Cabin Post Doctoral Owl Monkeys of the Argentinean Gran Chaco Fellow) A multidisciplinary project on the ecology, population Ocelot, Guaycolec Ranch, Formosa biology, demography, genetics, endocrinology and Hormonal correlates of conservation of owl monkeys in the Argentinean monogamy and Principal Investigator Chaco. biparental care , (with Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque Dr. C. Valeggia, Some of the current studies are: Anthropology, Penn and ° Male and female contributions to territoriality, Dr. S. Evans, Dumond

parental care, and pair bond maintenance curtseyPicture DanEssiambre of Conservancy) ° Behavioral & hormonal correlates of biparental care Callicebus discolor , Yasuní National Park I am a biological anthropologist interested in ° Paternity analyses and population genetics Veterinary Science, health studies of owl understanding the evolution of social ° Metapopulation dynamics in gallery forests and monkeys of the Chaco (with Dr. V. Rago systems. My research examines male-female forest fragments and Dr. M. Uhart relationships, pair bonding and paternal care in Wildlife Conservation Society) non-human primates. Although all the species that I study are socially monogamous, there are some fascinating differences in their degree of physical sexual dimorphism, the extent of affiliation between Genetics of monogamy partners, the amount of paternal care provided and paternal care and their activity patterns (i.e., nocturnal or Pithecia aequatorialis Tiputini River Callicebus discolor (with Dr. T. Schurr Anthropology, Penn ) diurnal). These differences make them an Monogamous Primates of the Ecuadorian excellent model to evaluate alternative Amazon hypotheses for the evolution and maintenance of monogamy and paternal care in human and non- human primates. A comparative project on the behavioral and ecological strategies of three different species of pair- living primates. In collaboration with Dr. Anthony Di Biological Clocks and Rhythms Fiore (New York University), we are comparing the (with Dr. D. Golombek, Univ. Nacional Contact information: owl monkeys of the Argentinean Gran Chaco with the de Quilmes and Dr. H. de la Iglesia, Phone: 001-215- 898-1072 titi and saki monkeys in the Amazon forests of Yasuní Univ. Washington) Webpage: National Park in Ecuador. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~eduardof/