Evolutionary Anthropology

A mother lemur’s pregnancy hormones affect her daughter’s aggression later in life, researchers report. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

September 16, 2019

Lemur Sex Role Reversal Gets Its Start in the Womb

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Congo romps with six of the seven puppies currently enrolled in Duke’s Puppy Kindergarten. Researchers and volunteers at Duke will be trying to give the puppies a head start to help more of them become Canine Companions for Independence assistance dogs.

September 11, 2019

Duke Puppy Kindergarten Admits Seven New Students

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These fossil-rich sediments along the Alto Madre de Dios River in southern Peru have yielded hundreds of fossil teeth and bones, clues to what life in the Amazon was like 18 million years ago. Photo by Wout Salenbien, PhD, Duke University.

July 25, 2019

World's Smallest Fossil Monkey Found in Amazon Jungle

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Researchers report that the microbes living in the guts of leaf-eating lemurs like this one are largely shaped by the forests where they live, a finding that could make some species less resilient to deforestation. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

June 13, 2019

The Surprising Reason Why Some Lemurs May Be More Sensitive to Forest Loss

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New study reveals how hard humans can push and still keep it up without breaking down. Photo By: Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez

June 5, 2019

Is There a Limit to Human Endurance? Science Says Yes

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Two Duke professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Robert F. Durden Professor of Biology Susan Alberts (left), and Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Sue Jinks-Robertson (right)

May 1, 2019

Two Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?

April 29, 2019

Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare: Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?

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Michael Tomasello: "It’s not just that humans are generally smarter, it’s that we have a special kind of smarts."

April 8, 2019

Michael Tomasello: What Makes Humans Human?

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Justin Wright, associate professor of biology at Duke, works on a study which is a collaboration with researchers from Syracuse University. Photo courtesy of Justin Wright.

March 20, 2019

Deeper than Basketball: Atlantic Coast Collaborations

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Matt Cartmill, Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke, has been awarded the 2019 Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award.

January 31, 2019

Cartmill Receives Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

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A new study of Twitter activity shows that viral images of seemingly cuddly endangered animals can have a dark side too -- by fueling demand for them as pets. Photo courtesy of Pet Lemur Survey.

January 28, 2019

For Endangered Lemurs, Internet Fame Has a Dark Side

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Caveman with fast food by Banksy. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source: Lord Jim https://www.flickr.com/photos/lord-jim/2245362817

January 17, 2019

Living Like a Caveman Won’t Make You Thin. But it Might Make You Healthy

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A study in wild baboons suggests the link between status and health depends on whether an individual has to fight for status, like these males, or status is given to them. Photo by Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame

December 17, 2018

Baboon Sexes Differ in How Social Status Gets 'Under the Skin'

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Jenny Tung

September 26, 2018

Jenny Tung Wants to Know How Social Stresses Mess With Genes

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Wild chimpanzees feed on figs in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Photo by Alain Houle, Harvard University

September 24, 2018

How Fruits Got Their Eye-Catching Colors

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Bamboo lemur populations may have shrunk by half over the last two decades, a study has shown. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

August 30, 2018

Mapping Trees Can Help Count Endangered Lemurs

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