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Project Papio--Comparative Research of Olive and Chacma Baboons, Anthropology / Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Rutgers University

Field Study

Project Papio--Comparative Research of Olive and Chacma Baboons, Anthropology / Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Rutgers University

Location of field site: Kenya (Segera, Laikipia District); Botswana (Moremi Game Reserve) , Africa

Project Director: Ryne A. Palombit

Contact Person: Ryne A. Palombit , palombit@rci.rutgers.edu , Phone: 732-932-5214 Fax: 732-932-1564 http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~palombit/ Phone: 732-932-5214 Fax: 732-932-1564 E-mail: palombit@rci.rutgers.edu

Mailing address: 131 George St. , New Brunswick , New Jersey 08901-1414 USA

Research Objectives: Understand interpopulation variation in baboon social behavior in light of genetics, ecology, & endocrinology

Field Positions and Volunteers: Kenya: PhD Opportunities by contacting Director

Species Studied: olive baboon (Papio anubis), chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)

Other Species Found At Site: Kenya: vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops), patas (Erythrocebus patas), bushbaby (Galago senegalensis) Botswana: vervet (C. aethiops), bushbaby? (G. moholi?)

Affiliations: National Science Foundation (USA), L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation / Office of the President (Kenya, Botswana), Institute of Primate Research (Kenya)

Project Begin/End Dates: July 1999 - ongoing

Web Site: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~palombit/

Comments: Collaborators include: Dr. Clifford Jolly (Anthropology, New York University), Dr. Dorothy L. Cheney (Biology, University of Pennsylvania), and Dr. Robert M. Seyfarth (Psychology, University of Pennsylvania)

Entry created: 2002-10-28
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: never

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