Spring Quarter 2005

Friday, April 1

Carel van Schaik, University of Zurich
"Cultural evolution in great apes"
 

Wednesday, April  6

Gilbert Gottlieb, University of North Carolina
"Embryonic experiential roots of instinctive behavior in ducklings"
 

Wednesday, April 13

Steve Leigh, University of Illinois U-C
"Brains and life history in primate evolution"
 

Wednesday, April 20

Rebecca Stumpf, University of Illinois U-C
"Does promiscuity preclude choice? Female reproductive strategies in chimpanzees of the Tai National Park, Ivory Coast"

Wednesday, April 27

M. Flavia Barbano-Hill, Universite' Victor Segalen Bordeaux
"The influence of dopamine and opioids on different components of feeding behavior "

Wednesday, May 4

No Seminar
 

Wednesday, May 11

Melissa Gerald, University of Puerto Rico
"How color may guide the primate world:
Possible meanings of inter-individual color variation."

Wednesday, May 18

Jessica Whitham, University of Chicago
"Female vocalizations and infant handling in rhesus macaques"

Wednesday, May 25

Peter Judge, Bucknell University
"Conflict resolution and social knowledge in primates"

Tuesday, May 31

Mark Erickson, University of Alaska
"Can cross species observations inform our understanding of child sexual abuse?"