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Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of California - San Diego

Educational Program

La Jolla, California, USA

Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of California - San Diego
9500 Gilman Rd. , La Jolla , California 92093-0532 USA
Phone: (858) 534-4145 Fax: (858) 534-5946
Affiliations: Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, African Conservation Centre. Informal working relationship with the Zoological Society of San Diego, where qualified undergraduates have participated in research internships at the Zoo and Wild Animal Park.

Principal Research Programs: Old World primate behavioral ecology (especially baboons and chimpanzees) (Strum, Moore); Primate comparative neuroanatomy studied via MR scans and zoo necropsy materials (i.e., obtained without harming the subjects) (Semendeferi)

Number of Staff: Total (15)

Key Personnel: Jim Moore (behavioral ecology, primates and cetaceans, human evolution),
Phone: 534-5572, E-mail: jjmoore@ucsd.edu

Katerina Semendeferi (evolution of human brain, comparative neuroanatomy of the hominoid brain, evolution of neural systems involved in primate cognition and emotions),
E-mail: ksemende@ucsd.edu

Shirley Strum (biological anthropology, primate socioecology, cognitive theory, evolutionary theory, conservation),
Phone: 254 (2) 221699, E-mail: strum@thorntree.com

(Dr. Strum lives in Nairobi and is resident at UCSD only March-June)

Donald C. Lindburg (biological anthropology, conservation)
Dr. Lindburg is at the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES) and his relationship with the Anthropology Dept. is informal.



Associated Field Sites: Laikipia, Kenya. Subject: Baboons. Contact: Dr. Strum

Web Site: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/bioanthro

Comments: Contact Jim Moore for information about the undergraduate and graduate programs in biological anthropology (after consulting the website). Contact David Marlowe (dmarlowe@ucsd.edu) for graduate application materials and general information about the department at UCSD.

Entry created: 1998-03-30
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2000-08-04

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