Monkey Business Podcast
Join us as we explore the different primates around the world, research in the field of primates, and navigating being a PhD student!
Episodes
A couple weeks ago, we attended the American Society of Primatologist Conference. Here are some of our thoughts!
Enjoy!
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Last episode we discussed the evolution of infanticide, and in this episode we apply that knowledge to current research on female led infanticide and the case study on the first wild albino chimpanzee.
In our last episode on the White Thighed Colobus, we mentioned infanticide. Here we discuss some of the hypotheses that attempt to answer why this behavior evolved.
Also! We would love to hear from you if you have any questions or comments. Our email is monkeybizpodcast@gmail.com.
Hope you enjoy our show this week!
If you have any questions or comments, please shoot us an email at monkeybizpodcast@gmail.com
Halloween Special Episode! Here we dive into the life of an Aye-aye. Hope you enjoy listening as much as we had fun recording this one!
We definitely struggle with managing to keep up with current research. Here we discuss some tips and tricks that help us when reading dense and "over our head" academic articles.
In this episode we discuss a newly published article: On experimental tests for studying altruism in capuchin monkeys by Benoit Bucher, Hika Kuroshima, James R. Anderson, and Kazuo Fujita.
Note: We talked about training with a Key. It was actually a pin! Sorry for the confusion!
Reference:
Bucher, B., Kuroshima, H., Anderson, J. R., & Fujita, K. (2021). On experimental tests for studying altruism in capuchin monkeys. Behavioura...
What do we learn by studying prosocial behavior in non-human primates? What are some difficulties this research faces? In this episode we discuss some of the exciting discoveries and problems we face conducting this type of research with monkeys.
References specifically mentioned in the episode:
Cronin, K. A. (2012). Prosocial behaviour in animals: the influence of social relationships, communication and rewards. Animal Behavio...
This primate definitely looks like they are all business in the front and all party in back, but looks can be deceiving! Listen to learn more about this cute little friends unique social structure and much more about their lives!
Welcome to Monkey Business! The podcast where two PhD students explore the wonderful world of primates and primate research. In our first episode, we dive into the life of the Black Snub-Nosed monkey who live in the highest elevations of any non-human primate.
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