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    Primate Reproductive Ecology and Evolution

    New York University

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    James Higham

    Principal Investigator

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    Eve Cooper

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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    Sam Patterson

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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    Arthur Fernandes

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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    Jarome Ali

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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    Laura Newman

    PhD candidate

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    Christina Costa

    PhD candidate

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    Jessica Gunson

    PhD candidate

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    Emily Nonnamaker

    PhD candidate

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    Kandra N. Cruz Cuberos

    PhD student

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    Stacy-Anne R. Parke

    PhD Student

    Alumni Lab Members

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    Connor Whalen

    (Lab Manager)

    Amber Eliza Trujillo

    (PhD Student, 2016-2023)

    Mareike Janiak

    (Postdoc Consultant 2022-2023)

    Cassandra Turcotte

    (Postdoc 2018-2022)

    Laís Moreira

    (PhD Student, 2017-2022)

    Rachel Petersen

    (PhD student, 2014-2021)

    Constance Dubuc

    (affiliated researcher, 2014-2021)

    Clare Kimock

    (PhD student, 2015-2021)

    Megan Petersdorf

    (PhD student, 2013-2021)

    Alex DeCasien

    (PhD student, 2014-2021)

    Eva Hernandez-Janer Mann

    (MA student, 2017-2020)

    Abby Colby

    (MA student, 2017-2020)

    Susie Lee

    (PhD student, 2013-2019)

    Sandra Winters

    (PhD student, 2012-2019)

    Benjamin Ragen

    (Postdoc, 2015-2017)

    Lauren Petrullo

    (MA student, 2013-2015)

    Will Allen

    (Postdoc, 2012-2014)

    Undergraduate Students

    Current* & Alumni

    Eva Merce-Fuentes

    Ailin Xu

    Gabby Galindo

    Ruby Mustill

    Maddy Hillegas

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    Varvy Rousseau

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    Allegra DePasquale

    Noelle Desir

    Lisa Ramirez

    Elise Blegen

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    Ahaylee Rahman

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    Yovanna Smith

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    Kelly Heinzerling

    Cayo Santiago Research Assistants

    Current* & Alumni

    D. Kyle Breault*

    Lilly Kurina*

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    Jovana Maksic

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    Becky LaVictoire

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    James Higham

    Professor of Anthropology

     

    Contact Information​

    e-mail: jhigham@nyu.edu

    web: nyuprimatology.com

    twitter: @nyuprimatology

    As Editor

     

    Higham, J.P. & Roney, J. (Eds). (2017). Field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans. Hormones and Behavior 91.

     

    Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. (Eds). (2013). Multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67 (9)

     

    Higham, J.P. & Semple, S. (Eds). (2013). Primate signals. American Journal of Primatology 75 (7)

     

    Higham, J.P. (Ed). (2009). Primate coloration:measurement, mechanisms and function. International Journal of Primatology 30 (6)

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Testard, C., Shergold, C., Acevedo-Ithier, A., Hart, J., Bernau, A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Watowich, M.M., Sanguinetti-Scheck, J.I. Montague, M.J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., Platt, M.L. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties. Science In Press

     

    Pavez-Fox, M.A., Escabi-Ruiz, C.M., Hart, J.D.A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Bauman, S.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Trade-offs between sociality and gastrointestinal parasite infection in the context of a natural disaster. Animal Behaviour In Press 

     

    Patterson, S.K., Andonov, E., Arre, A.M., Martínez, M.I., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Petersen, R.M., Phillips, D., Rahman, A., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Villanueva, I., Lea, A.J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Early life adversity has sex-dependent effects on survival across the lifespan in rhesus macaques. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B In Press

     

    Siracusa, E.R., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B In Press

     

    Watowich, M.M., Costa, C.E., Chiou., K., Goldman, E., Petersen, R.M., Patterson, S., Martinez, M., Sterner, K., Horvarth, J.E., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Brent, L,J.N., Higham, J.P., Lea, A.,J., Snyder-Mackler, Noah. (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology In Press

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Testard, C., Mercer, A., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Antón, A.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Wilson, M.A., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2024). Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome. Cell Genomics In Press

     

    Turcotte, C.M., Choi, A.M., Spear, J.K., Hernandez-Janer, E., Dickinson, E., Taboada, H.G., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Bauman, S.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Mechanical and morphometric approaches to body mass estimation in rhesus macaques: a test of skeletal variables. American Journal of Biological Anthropology In Press

     

    Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Marzan-Rivera, N., Watowich, M.M., Negron Del Valle, A.D., Pantoja, P., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Siracusa, E.R., Cooper, E.B., Negron Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A.R., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Sariol, C.A. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2024). Age, sex, and social environmental effects on immune cell composition in a free-ranging non-human primate. GeroScience 46: 2107-2122

     

    Williams, H.J., Sridhar, V.H., Hurme, E., Gall, G.E., Borrego, N., Finerty, G.E., Couzin, I.D., Galizia, C.G., Dominy, N.J., Rowland, H.M., Hauber, M.E., Higham, J.P., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Melin, A.D. (2023) Sensory collectives in natural systems. eLife, 12:e88028.

     

    Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). Thebiology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424 

     

    Beeby, N., Baden, A.L., & Higham, J.P. (2023). UrinaryC-peptide and total triiodothyronine as energetic biomarkers for studies of lemurs. American Journal of Primatology 85: e23563

     

    Watowich, M.M., Choiu, K.L., Graves, B., Montague, M.J., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Horvath, J.E., Lu, A., Martinez, M.I., Platt M.L., Schneider-Crease., I.A., Lea., A.J. & Snyder-Mackler, N. Best practices for genotype imputation from low-coverage sequencing data in natural populations. Molecular Ecology Resources https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13854 

     

    Moreira, L.A.A., Merrigan-Johnson, C., Fetherstonhaugh, L., Parr, N.A., Higham, J.P., Melin, A.D. Assessing color cues of development, breeding status, and reproductive condition in facial skin of captive golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia). American Journal of Primatology 85: e23543

     

    Patterson, S.K., Petersen, R., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Lea, A., & Higham, J.P. (2023). Natural animal populations as model systems for understanding early life adversity effects on aging. Integrative and Comparative Biology icad058

     

    Aung, T., Hill, A.K., Pfefferle, D., McLester, E., Fuller, J., Lawrence, J.M., Garcia-Nisa, I., Kendal, R.L., Petersdorf, M., Higham, J.P., Galat, G., Lameira, A.R., Apicella, C.L., Barelli, C., Glenn, M.E., Ramos-Fernandez, G., Puts, D.A. (2023). Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates. Nature Communications 14: 4069

     

    Peterson, S.M., Watowich, M.M., Renner, L., Martin, S., Offenberg, E., Lea, A., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N., Neuringer, M., & Ferguson, B. (2023). Genetic variants in melanogenesis proteins TYRP1 and TYR are associated with the golden rhesus macaque phenotype. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics jkad168

     

    Fernandes, A.G., Alexopoulos, P., Burgos-Rodriguez, A., Martinez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Ghassibi, M., Leskov, I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Danias, J., Wollstein, G., Higham, J.P.' & Melin, A.D. ' (2023). Age-related differences in ocular features of a naturalistic free-ranging population of rhesus macaques InvestigativeOphthalmology & Visual Science 64(7): 3 https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.64.7.3

    'These authors contributed equally to this work

     

    Higham, J.P., Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Stahl-Hennig, C., Giavedoni, L.D., & Heistermann, M. (2023). Urinary cytokine measurements do not reflect surgery-induced inflammation in rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology e23506 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23506

     

    Higham, J.P. (2023). The sexual selection landscape and sexually-selected traits of the crested macaque (Macaca nigra). International Journal of Primatology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00354-x

    Alvarez-Estape, M., Pawar, H., Fontsere, C., Trujillo, A. E., Gunson, J. L., Bergl, R. A.,Bermejo, M., Linder, J.M., McFarland, K., Oates, J.F., Sunderland-Groves, J.L., Orkin, Higham, J.P., Viaud-Martinez, K.A., Lizano, E., and Marques-Bonet, T. (2023). Past connectivity but recent inbreeding in cross river gorillas determined using whole genomes from single hairs. Genes 14(3), 743. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14030743

     

    Siracusa, E.R., Pereira, A.S., Bohr Brask, J., Negron-Del Valle, J., Phillips, D., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Brent, L.J.N. (2023). Ageing in a collective: the impact of ageing individuals on social network structure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20220061https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstb.2022.0061

     

    Higham, J.P. 2022. Evolution: Kin selection spreads eLife 11:e84142. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84142

    Siracusa, E.R., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Within-individual changes reveal increasing social selectivity with age in rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(49): e2209180119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209180119

     

    Moreira, L.A.A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Higham, J.P. & Melin, A.D. (2022). Evaluating genital skin color variation as a putative sexual signal in wild populations of saddleback (Leontocebusweddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology e23456 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23456

     

    Colby, A.E., DeCasien, A.R., Cooper, E.B. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Greater variability in rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta) endocranial volume among males than females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220728. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0728

     

    Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Rees, K.P, Testard, C., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Pliner, H.A., Tremblay, S., Mercer, A., Whalen, C.J., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Janiak, M.C., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Compo, N.R., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson, M.A., Melin, A.D., Antón, S.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Newbern, J.M., Starita, L.M., Shendure, J., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., &Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience 25:1714–1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01197-0
     

    Pavez-Fox, M.A., Kimock, C.M., Rivera-Barreto, N., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., Siracusa, E.R. & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Reduced injury risk links sociality to survival in a group-living primate. iScience 105454 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105454

    Petersen, R.M., Bergey, C.M., Roos, C. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Relationship between genome-wide and MHC class I and II genetic diversity and complementarity in a nonhuman primate. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9346. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9346

     

    Cooper, E.B., Watowich, M.M., Beeby, N., Whalen,C., Montague, M.J., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Higham, J.P. (2022). Concentrations of urinary neopterin, but not suPAR, positively correlate with age in rhesus macaques. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1007052 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1007052

     

    Cooper, E.B., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Singh, M., Sengupta, A., Khatiwada, S., Malaivijitnond, S., Qi Hai, Z.& Higham, J.P. (2022). The natural history of model organisms: The rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene. eLife 11: e78169 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78169

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Trujillo, A.E., Janiak, M.C., Harshaw, E.P., Caes, Z.N., Galindo, G.A., Petersen R.M. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Equivocal evidence for a link between megalencephaly-related genes and primate brain size evolution. Scientific Reports 12: 10902 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12953-4

     

    Munds, R.A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M.C., Lam, L.G., DeCasien, A.R., Bauman Surratt, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S., Higham, J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' (2022). Variation and heritability of retinal coneratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaque. Evolution 76(8):1776-1789 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14552

    'These authors contributed equally to this work

     

    Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Simulated evolution of mating signal diversification in a primate radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 209: 20220734 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0734

     

    Kimock, C.M., Dubuc, C., Brent, LJ.N. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour 187: 281-290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.011

     

    Testard, C., Brent, L.J.N., Andersson, J., Chiou, K.L., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., DeCasien, A.R., Acevedo-Ithier, A.R., Stock, M.K., Antón, S.A., Gonzalez, O., Walker, C.S., Foxley, S., Compo, N.R., Bauman, S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Skene, J.H.P, Horvath, J.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Higham, J.P., Miller, K., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., & Sallet, J. (2022). Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate society. Science Advances 18:15 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl5794

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Barton, R.A., & Higham,J.P. (2022). Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26:5 432-445

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    Lee, D.S., Knittel, T., Deschner, T.,Heistermann, H. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques. Hormones and Behavior 139: 105123 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105123

     

    Siracusa, E., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Social aging: exploring the drivers of late-life changes in social behavior in mammals. Biology Letters 18:20210643 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0643

     

    Watowich, M.M., Chiou, K.L, Montague, M.J., Simons, N.D., Horvarth, J.E., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119:8 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121663119

     

    DeLacey, P.M., Perlman, R.F., Sen, S., Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Higham,J.P., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Beehner, J.C. & Bergman, T.J. (2022). Assessing male gelada chest patches: color measurement and physiological mechanisms. Mammalian Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00211-5

     

    Turcotte, C.M., Mann, E.H.J., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I.,Montague, M.J., Dickinson, E., Bauman Surratt, S., Martinez, M., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. (2022). The ontogeny of sexualdimorphism in free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 314-327 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24442

     

    Lee, D.S., Kang, Y., Ruiz-Lambides, A.& Higham, J.P. (2021). The observed pattern and hidden process of female reproductive trajectories across the lifespan in a nonhuman primate. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2901-2914 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13590

     

    Petersen, R.M., Heistermann, M. & Higham,J.P. (2021). Social and sexual behaviors predict immune system activation, but not adrenocortical activation, in male rhesus macaques. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 75: 159 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03083-4 

     

    Pavez-Fox, M., Montague. M.J., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler M., Higham, J.P. & Brent, L.J.N. (2021). Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior 241: 113560 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113560

     

    Higham, J.P. (2021). Studying the colors of monkeys: a comment on Caro et al. 2021. Behavioral Ecology 32: 570-571 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab049

     

    Testard, C., Larson, S.M., Watowich, M., Kaplinsky, C.H., Bernau, A., Faulder, M., Marshall, H.H., Lehmann, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Higham, J.P., Montague, M., Snyder-Mackler, N., Platt, M.L., & Brent, L.J.N. (2021). Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster. Current Biology 31:2299-2309 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029

     

    Melin, A.D., Orkin, J.D., Janiak, M.C., Valenzuela, A., Kuderna, L., Marrone III, F., Ramangason, H., Horvath, J.E., Roos, C., Kitchener, A.C., Khor, C.C., Lim, W.K., Lee, J.G.H., Tan, P., Umapathy, G., Raveendram, M., Harris, R.A., Gut, I., Gut, M., Lizano, E., Nadler, T., Zinner, D., Le, M.D., Manu, S., Rabarivola, C.J., Zaraomody, A., Andriaholinirina, N., Johnson, S.E., Jarvis, E.D., Fredigo, O., Wu, D., Zhang, G. Farh, K.K.H., Rogers, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Navarro, A., Juan, D., Arora, P.S. & Higham, J.P. (2021). Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises. American Journal of Primatology 83,e23255 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23255

     

    Janiak, M.C., Montague, M.J., Villamil, C.I., Stock, M.J., Trujillo, A.E., DePasquale, A., Orkin, J., Bauman Surratt, S., Gonzalez, O., Platt, M.L., Martinez, M., Antón S., Dominguez-Bello, M.G., Melin, A.D., & Higham, J.P. (2021). Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiome 9: 68 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01009-w

     

    Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Agil, M.,Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Widdig, A. & Engelhardt, A. (2021). Female fertile phase synchrony, and male mating and reproductive skew, in the crested macaque. Scientific Reports 11: 4251 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81163-1

     

    Colby, A.E., Kimock, C.M. & Higham, J.P. (2021). Endocranial volume is variable and heritable, but not related to fitness, in a free-ranging primate. Scientific Reports 11: 4235 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81265-w

    Higham, J.P., Kimock, C.M., Mandalaywala, T.M., Heistermann M., Cascio, J., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., & Dubuc, C. (2021). Female ornaments: is red skin color attractive to males and related to condition in rhesus macaques? Behavioral Ecology 32: 236-247 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa121

     

    Ghazanfar, A.A., Kelly, L.M.,Takahashi, D.Y., Winters, S., Terrett, R. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Domestication phenotype linked to vocal communication in a nonhuman primate. Current Biology 30: 5026-5032 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.049

     

    Melin, A.D., Janiak, M.C., Marrone, F., Arora, P.S. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk. Communications Biology 3: 641 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01370-w

     

    DeCasien, A.R. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Relative cerebellum size is not sexually dimorphic across primates. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 95: 93-101 https://doi.org/10.1159/000509070

    Chiou, K.L.,‌ ‌Montague‌‌, M.J.,‌ ‌‌Goldman‌‌, E.A.,‌ ‌Watowich‌‌, M.M,‌‌ ‌Sams‌,‌ S.N., ‌‌Song, J., Horvath‌‌, J.E.,‌ ‌Sterner‌‌, K.N.,‌ ‌‌Ruiz-Lambides‌,‌ A.V.,‌ ‌Martínez‌‌, M.I.,‌ ‌Higham‌‌, J.P.,‌ ‌‌Brent‌‌, L.J.N,‌ ‌‌Platt‌‌, M.L. & ‌‌Snyder-Mackler, N.‌‌ (2020). Rhesus‌ ‌macaques‌ ‌as‌ ‌a‌ ‌tractable‌ ‌physiological‌ ‌model‌ ‌of‌‌human‌ ‌ageing‌. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375:20190612 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0612

    Lee, D.S., Mandalaywala, T., Dubuc, C.,Widdig, A., Higham, J.P. (2020). Higher early life mortality with lower infant body mass in a free‐ranging primate. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:2300-2310 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13291 

     

    Petersen, R.M. & Higham, J.P. (2020).The role of sexual selection in the evolution of facial displays in male nonhuman primates and men. Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology 6:249–276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00139-z

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Sherwood C.C., Schapiro, S.J. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Greater variability in chimpanzee (Pantroglodytes) brain structure among males. Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B 287: 20192858 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2858

     

    Higham, J.P., Stahl-Hennig, C., & Heistermann, M. (2020). Urinary suPAR: a non-invasive biomarker of infection and tissue inflammation for use in studies of large free-ranging mammals. RoyalSociety Open Science 7: 191825 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191825

     

    Thompson, N.A., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Vogel, E.R., & Cords, M. (2020). Energy balance but not competitive environment corresponds with allostatic load during development in an Old World monkey. Hormones and Behavior 119: 104664 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104664 

     

    Winters, S., Allen, W.L., & Higham, J.P. (2020).The structure of species discrimination signals across a primate radiation. eLife 9: e47428 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47428

     

    Young, M.I.M., Winters, S.,Young, C., Weiß, B.M., Troscianko, J., Ganswindt, A., Barrett, L., Henzi, S.P., Higham, J.P., & Widdig, A. (2020). Male characteristics as predictors of genital color and display variation in vervet monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2787-4

     

    Kimock, C., Dubuc, C., Brent, L.J.N., & Higham, J.P. (2019). Male morphological traits are heritable but do not predict reproductive success in a sexually-dimorphic primate. Scientific Reports 9: 19794 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52633-4

     

    Fischer, J.`, Higham, J.P.`, Alberts, S.C., Barrett, L., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Carter, A.J., Collins A., Elton, S., Fagot, J., Ferreira da Silva, M.J., Hammerschmidt, K., Henzi, P., Jolly, C., Knauf, S., Kopp, G.H., Rogers, J., Roos, C., Ross, C., Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Städele, V., Swedell, L., Wilson, M.L, & Zinner, D. (2019). Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies. eLife 8:e50989 https://doi.org/10.7554%2FeLife.50989 

    `These authors contributed equally to this work

     

    Higham, J.P. (2019). A comparative perspective on measures of cycle phase, and how they relate to cues, signals, and mating behavior: a commentary on Gangestad et al. Evolution and Human Behavior 40: 533-536 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.08.007

     

    Moreira, L.A.A., Duytschaever, G., Higham,J.P. & Melin, A.D. (2019). Platyrrhine color signals: New horizons to pursue. Evolutionary Anthropology 28: 236-248 https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21798

    DeCasien, A.R. & Higham, J.P. (2019). Primate mosaic brain evolution reflects selection on sensory and cognitive specialization. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1483–1493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0969-0

     

    Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Kamilar, J.M., Dubuc, C., Higham, J.P. (2019). Sexual selection in the Kinda baboon. Journal of Human Evolution 135: 102635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.06.006

     

    Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Garcia, C. (2019). The redder the better? Information content of red skin coloration in female Japanese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2712-x

     

    Lee, D.S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Higham,J.P. (2019). Higher offspring mortality with short interbirth intervals in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116: 6057-6062 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817148116

     

    Rosenfield, K.A., Semple, S.,Georgiev, A.V., Maestripieri, D., Higham, J.P., & Dubuc, C. (2019). Experimental evidence that female rhesus macaques Macaca mulatta perceive variation in male facial masculinity. Royal Society Open Science 6: 181415 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsos.181415

     

    Ma, W.J. & Higham, J.P. (2018). The role of familiarity in signaler-receiver interactions. Journal of theRoyal Society Interface 15: 20180568 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0568

     

    Higham, J.P. & Dominy N.J. (2018). The promise of primatology fulfilled? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166:783–790 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23620

     

    Dominy, N.J., Winters, S., Pease,D.E., Higham, J.P. (2018). Dr Seuss and the real Lorax. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1196–1198 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0628-x

     

    Mandalaywala, T.M., Petrullo, L., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Vigilance for threat accounts for inter-individual variation in physiological responses to adversity in rhesus macaques: a cognition x environment approach. Developmental Psychobiology 59: 1031-1038 https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fdev.21572

     

    Petersdorf, M., Dubuc, C., Georgiev, A.V, Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Is the red facial coloration of male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) subject to intrasexual selection? Behavioral Ecology 28: 1472-1481 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farx110

     

    Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A.D., Allen, W.L., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Experimental evidence that primate trichromacy is well suited for detecting primate social colour signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162458 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2016.2458

     

    Roney, J.R. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Synthesizing research on field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans. Hormones and Behavior 91: 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.03.011

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Williams, S.A. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1:0112 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0112

     

    Hammond, A.S., Johnson, V.P. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Hip joint mobility in free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162: 377-384 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23112

     

    Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Suzumura, T., Furuichi,T., Garcia, C. (2017). Testing for links between face color and age, dominance status, parity, weight, and intestinal nematode infection in a sample of female Japanese macaques. Primates 58: 83-91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0575-6

     

    Petrullo, L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. (2016). Effects of early-life adversity on cortisol/salivary alpha-amylase symmetry in free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques. Hormones and Behavior 86: 78-84 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.yhbeh.2016.05.004

    Higham, J.P. (2016). Field endocrinology of nonhuman primates: past, present and future. Hormones and Behavior 84:145-155 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.07.001

     

    Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Cascio, J., Lee, D.S., Maestripieri, D., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2016). Who cares? Experimental attention biases provide new insights into a mammalian sexual signal. Behavioral Ecology 27: 68-74 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv117

    Grueter, C.C., Zhu, P., Allen,W.L., Higham, J.P., Ren, B. & Li, M. (2015). Sexually-selected lip colour indicates male group-holding status in the mating season in a multi-level primate society. Royal Society Open Science 2:150490 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150490

     

    Heistermann, M. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Urinary neopterin, a non-invasive marker of mammalian cellular immune activation, is highly stable under field conditions. ScientificReports 5: 16308 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16308

     

    Fischer, J., Wheeler, B.C., & Higham, J.P. (2015). Is there any evidence for vocal learning in chimpanzee food calls? Current Biology 25, R1-R2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.010

    Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Takeshi, F. & Garcia, C. (2015). Multimodal advertisement of pregnancy in free-ranging female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). PLOS One 10(8): e0135127 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135127 

    Higham, J.P., Kraus, C., Stahl-Hennig, C.,Engelhardt, A., Fuchs, D. & Heistermann, M. (2015). Evaluating non-invasive markers of non-human primate immune activation and inflammation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 673-684 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22821

     

    Winters, S., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2015). The looking time experimental paradigm in studies of animal visual perception and cognition. Ethology 121: 625-640 https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12378

    Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Assessing the potential information content of multicomponent visual signals: A machine learning approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20142284 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2284

     

    Hughes, K.D., Higham, J.P., Allen,W.L., Elliot, A.J. & Hayden, B.Y. (2015). Extraneous red drives female macaques’ gaze toward photographs of male conspecifics. Evolution and Human Behavior 36: 25-31 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.08.003

     

    MacLarnon, A.M., Sommer, V., Goffe, A.S., Higham, J.P., Lodge, E., Tkaczynski, P. & Ross, C. (2015). Assessing adaptability and reactive scope: a new measure and a case study of environmental stress in forest-living baboons. General and Comparative Endocrinology 215: 10-24 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.09.022 

    Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., Brent, L.J.N., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D.M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A. & Higham, J.P. (2014). Sexually-selected skin color is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141602 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2014.1602

     

    Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Parker, K.J. & Maestripieri D. (2014). Physiological and behavioral stress responses to weaning conflict in free-ranging primate infants. Animal Behaviour 91: 241-247 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.anbehav.2014.09.016

     

    Allen, W.L., Stevens, M & Higham, J.P. (2014). Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals. Nature Communications 5: 4266 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5266

    Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. (2014). The costs of reproductive success in Cayo Santiago male rhesus macaques. International Journal of Primatology 35: 661-676 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-014-9789-x 

    Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Maestripieri, D. & Higham,J.P. (2014). Is male rhesus macaque red colour ornamentation attractive to females? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1215-1224 https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00265-014-1732-9

    Higham, J.P. (2014). How does honest costly signaling work? Behavioral Ecology 25: 8-11 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art097

     

    Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. (2013). An introduction to multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1381-1388 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1007/s00265-013-1590-x

     

    Wilson A., Dean, M. & Higham ,J.P. (2013). A game theoretic approach to multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1399-1415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1589-3

     

    Higham, J.P., Pfefferle, D., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D. & Stevens, M. (2013). Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: barks and sex skin coloration in relation to androgen levels, social status and mating behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1457-1469 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1521-x

     

    Semple, S. & Higham, J.P. (2013). Primate signals: Current issues and perspectives. American Journal of Primatology 75: 613-620 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22139

     

    Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Lee, PC., Blin, A. & Garcia, C. (2013). Multimodal sexual signaling and mating behavior in olive baboons (Papio anubis). American Journal of Primatology 75: 774-787 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22154

     

    Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. (2013). The endocrinology of male rhesus macaque social and reproductive status: a test of the challenge and social stress hypotheses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 19-30 https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00265-012-1420-6

     

    Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. (2013). Analyzing visual signals as visual scenes. American Journal of Primatology 75: 664-682 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22129

     

    Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Saggau, C., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D. & Engelhardt, A. (2012). Sexual signaling in the crested macaque and the evolution of primate fertility signals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 89 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-89

     

    Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Infant bystanders modulate the effects of ovarian hormones on socio-sexual behaviour in free-ranging female rhesus macaques. Behaviour 148: 1137-1155 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/23034213

     

    Higham, J.P., Girard-Buttoz, C., Engelhardt, A. & Heistermann, M. (2011). Urinary C-peptide of insulin as a non-invasive marker of nutritional status: some practicalities. PLoS One 6: e22398 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022398

     

    Higham, J.P., Hughes, K.D., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc,C., Engelhardt, A., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D., Santos, L.R & Stevens, M. (2011). Familiarity affects assessment of facial signals of female fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 3452-3458 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0052

     

    Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Prendergast, B., Coe, C. & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Immune function and HPA axis activity in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior 104: 507-514 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.physbeh.2011.05.021

     

    Girard-Buttoz, C., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Wedegärtner, S., Maestripieri, D. & Engelhardt, A. (2011). Urinary c-peptide measurement as a marker of nutritional status in macaques. PLoSOne 6: e18042 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018042

     

    Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. (2011). The energetics of male-male endurance rivalry in rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour 81: 1001-1007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.001

     

    Higham, J.P., Barr, C.S., Hoffman, C.L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K.J. & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behavioral Neuroscience 125: 131-136 https://doi.org/10.1037%2Fa0022695

     

    De Vere, R., Warren, Y.,Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M.E. & Higham, J.P. (2011). Nest site ecology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon, with special reference to anthropogenic influence. AmericanJournal of Primatology 73: 253-26 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20886

     

    Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Revolutionary coalitions in male rhesus macaques. Behaviour 147:1889-1908 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1163/000579510X539709

     

    Higham, J.P., Vitale, A.B., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Measuring salivary analytes from free-ranging monkeys. Physiology & Behavior 101: 601-607 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.physbeh.2010.09.003

     

    Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E. & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. Behavioral Ecology 21: 972-978 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farq098

     

    Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Accamando, A,K., Engelhardt, A., Gerald, M.S., Heistermann, M. & Stevens, M. (2010). Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque. Behavioral Ecology 21: 739-746 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farq047

     

    Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & Semple, S. (2009). Self-directed behaviours and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons. Stress 12: 526-533 https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890902756565

     

    Higham, J.P. (2009). Primate Coloration – An introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Primatology 30: 749-751 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9381-y

     

    Marty, J.M., Higham, J.P., Gadsby, E.L., & Ross, C. (2009). Color, dominance and social and sexual behavior in male drills. International Journal of Primatology 30:807-823 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9382-x

     

    Stevens, M., Stoddard, M.C., & Higham, J.P. (2009). Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent methods. International Journal of Primatology 30: 893-917 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9356-z

     

    Higham, J.P., Semple, S. MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. & Ross, C. (2009). Female reproductive signals, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon. Hormones and Behavior 55: 60-67 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.007

     

    Higham, J.P., Warren, Y., Adanu, J. Bubu, U., MacLarnon, A., Sommer, V. & Ross, C. (2009). Living on the edge: Life-history of olive baboons at Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria. American Journal of Primatology 71: 293-304 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20651

     

    Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C., Heistermann, M. & Semple, S. (2008). Baboon sexual swellings: Information content of size and color. Hormones and Behavior 53: 452-462 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.019

     

    Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Ross, C., Semple, S. & MacLarnon, A. (2008). The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual swelling detumescence in wild olive baboons. Primates 49: 295-299 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-008-0099-9

     

    Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon, A. (2007). Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural consumption of the African black plum (Vitex doniana). Hormones and Behavior 52: 384-390 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.06.003

     

    Asakura, T., Umemura, K., Nakazawa, Y., Hirose, H., Higham, J.P. & Knight, D. (2007). Some observations on the structure and function of the spinning apparatus in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Biomacromolecules 8: 175-181 https://doi.org/10.1021/bm060874z

     

    Higham, J.P. & Gosler, A.G. (2006). Speckled eggs: water loss and incubation behaviour in the Great tit Parus major. Oecologia 149: 561-570 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0484-2

     

    Gosler, A.G., Higham, J.P. & Reynolds, S.J. (2005). Why are birds’ eggs speckled? Ecology Letters 8: 1105-1113 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00816.x

     

    Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

     

    Winters, S., Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2019). Charles Darwin and selection in relation to sex in the colors of monkeys. In: Darwin’s roadmap to the curriculum: Evolutionary studies in Higher Education. Oxford UniversityPress: New York.

     

    Petersen R.M., Dubuc C., Higham, J.P. (2018). Facial displays of dominance in non-human primates. In: The Facial Displays of Leaders. Ed Senior, C. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

     

    Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Mating systems, Primates. In: International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken: New Jersey.

     

    Higham, J.P. (2017). Sperm competition. In: TheInternational Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: NewJersey.

     

    Higham, J.P. & Petersdorf, M. (2017). Sexual swellings. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology.Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

     

    Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Mating systems. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. WileyBlackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

     

    Higham, J.P. (2016). Multimodal Communication. In: The missing lemur link: an ancestral step in human evolution (Palagi, E. & Norscia I.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

     

    Higham, J.P. & Dubuc, C. (2015). The evolution of female fertility signals in macaques. In: eLS (Encyclopedia ofLife Sciences). Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

     

    Higham, J.P. & Winters, S. (2015). Color and mate choice in nonhuman animals. In: The handbook of color psychology Eds Elliot, A.J. & Fairchild, M.D. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. pp 502-530. ISBN: 978-1-107-04323-7

     

    Higham, J.P. (2013). Primate visual signals. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology McGraw-Hill Professional: New York

     

    Warren, Y., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A. & Ross, C. (2011). Crop-raiding and commensalism: the costs and benefits of living with humans. In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.

     

    Ross, C., Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A. & Higham, J.P. (2011). How different are Gashaka’s baboons? A comparison of forest-living and open-country populations.

    In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.

     

    Other journal publications

     

    Setchell, J.M., Fernandez-Duque, E., Higham, J.P., Rothman, J.M., & Schulke, O. (2016). Editorial: Changes and clarifications to the policies of the International Journal of Primatology to promote transparency and open communication. International Journal of Primatology 37:617-627

     

    Petersdorf, M., & Higham, J.P. (2015). Liebal, K., Waller, B.M., Burrows, A.M., Slocombe, K.E.: Primate Communication: A Multimodal Approach. International Journal of Primatology 36: 1055-1059

     

    Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Martin Stevens: Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution. International Journal of Primatology 36: 205-208

     

    Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2014). Quite the complexion: rhesus monkey face redness is passed on to their offspring, and affects their reproductive fitness. Biosphere 2: 50-55

     

    Higham, J.P., Amann, A.L., Bryer, M.A.H., Thompson, N.A. & Winters, S. (2013). Review of “The Evolution of Primate Societies” (Eds. John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit & Joan B. Silk). International Journal ofPrimatology 34:1298-1303

     

    Higham, J.P. (2011). Review of “The Japanese Macaques” (Eds., Naofumi, N., Nakamichi, N. & Sugiura, H.). International Journal ofPrimatology 32:1033-1036

     

    Semple, S., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C. & Lehmann, J. (2010). Comment on ‘Pan Thanatology’. Current Biology 

     

    Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M., & Higham, J.P. (2008). A GIS habitat map for the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon. Gorilla Journal 37: 12-14

     

    Higham, J.P. & Bennett, D. (2008). Some observations on wildlife, and wildlife consumption, in Eastern Nigeria. Gorilla Journal. 36: 11-13
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    Sam Patterson

    they/them/theirs

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: sam.patterson@nyu.edu

    website: samkpatterson.wordpress.com

     

    Research Interests

    I am broadly interested in the evolution of social behavior, development, and aging. More specifically, I am interested in how early life experiences impact developmental trajectories and contribute to variation in sociality, reproduction, survival, and aging health later in life.

     

    Education

    2021 Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University

    2016 M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University

    2013 B.S. (Honors) Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

     

    Publications

     

    Patterson, S.K., Andonov, E., Arre, A.M., Martínez, M.I., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Petersen, R.M., Phillips, D., Rahman, A., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Villanueva, I., Lea, A.J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Early life adversity has sex-dependent effects on survival across the lifespan in rhesus macaques. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B In Press
     
    Watowich, M.M., Costa, C.E., Chiou., K., Goldman, E., Petersen, R.M., Patterson, S., Martinez, M., Sterner, K., Horvarth, J.E., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Brent, L,J.N., Higham, J.P., Lea, A.,J., Snyder-Mackler, Noah. (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology In Press

     

    Patterson, S.K., Petersen, R., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Lea, A., & Higham, J.P. (2023). Natural animal populations as model systems for understanding early life adversity effects on aging. Integrative and Comparative Biology In Press

     

    Patterson, S.K., Hinde, K., Bond, A.B., Trumble, B.C., Strum, S.C., & Silk, J.B. Effects of early life adversity on maternal effort and glucocorticoids in wild olive baboons. (Accepted) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

     

    Patterson, S.K., Strum, S.C., & Silk, J.B. Resource competition shapes female-female aggression in olive baboons. (2021) Animal Behaviour,176: 23-41.

     

    Silk, J.B., Roberts, E.R, Barrett, B.J., Patterson, S.K., & Strum, S.C. Female-male relationships influence the form of female-female relationships in olive baboons, Papio anubis. (2017) Animal Behaviour, 131: 89-98.

     

    Sandel, A.A., Miller, J.A., Mitani, J.C., Nunn,C.L., Patterson, S.K., & Garamszegi, L.Z. Assessing sources of error in comparative analyses of primate behavior: intraspecific variation in group size and the social brain hypothesis. (2016) Journal of Human Evolution, 94: 126-133.

     

    Patterson, S. K., Sandel, A. A., Miller, J. A., & Mitani, J. C. Data quality and the comparative method: The case of primate group size. (2014) International Journal of Primatology: 1-14.

     

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    Arthur Fernandes

    he/him/his

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021-Present

    Co-Advised with Amanda Melin (University of Calgary)

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: arthur.fernandes@ucalgary.ca

    Research Interests
    I am broadly interested in understanding the effects of aging and pathology on sensorial systems, mainly in terms of vision. As part of my current project, I am evaluating the vision characteristics of a free-ranging population of rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, and closely following up those diagnosed with glaucoma in our baseline evaluation.

     

    Education

    2020 Ph.D. Visual Sciences and Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

    2020 B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

    2016 M.P.H. Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans/LA

    2008 B.S. Ophthalmic Technology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

     

    Main Publications

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Alves, M., Nascimento, R., Valdrighi, N. Y., de Almeida, R. C., & Nakano, C. T. (2021). Visual impairment and blindness in the Xingu Indigenous Park - Brazil. International Journal for Equity in Health20(1), 197.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., & Ferraz, N. N. (2021). The effects of amblyopia on children's reading performance after patching treatment. European Journal of Ophthalmology 1120672121998248.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Berezovsky, A., Watanabe, S., Mitsuhiro, M., Cypel, M. C., Ferraz, N. N., Furtado, J. M., Sacai, P. Y., Muñoz, S., Cunha, C. C., Vasconcelos, G. C., Morales, P., Cohen, M. J., Cohen, J. M., Campos, M., Belfort, R., Jr, & Salomão, S. R. (2021). Prevalence of ocular findings regardless of visual acuity status in older adults from the Brazilian Amazon Region. Scientific Reports 11(1), 23710.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Bastawrous, A., Ferraz, N. N., Hennig, B., Lima, V. L., Viana, R. G., Campos, M., & Furtado, J. M. (2020). Eye clinic attendance at the olympic and paralympic games Rio 2016 and its correlation to the WHO indicators on eye health. British Journal of Sports Medicine bjsports-2020-102706.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Salomão, S. R., Ferraz, N. N., Mitsuhiro, M. H., Furtado, J. M., Muñoz, S., Cypel, M. C., Cunha, C. C., Vasconcelos, G. C., Sacai, P. Y., Morales, P. H., Cohen, M. J., Cohen, J. M., Watanabe, S. S., Campos, M., Belfort Junior, R., & Berezovsky, A. (2020). Pterygium in adults from the Brazilian Amazon Region: prevalence, visual status and refractive errors. The British Journal of Ophthalmology, 104(6), 757–763.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Pollock, B. D., & Rabito, F. A. (2018). Retinoblastoma in the United States: A 40-Year Incidence and Survival Analysis. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 55(3), 182–188.

     

    Fernandes, A. G., Salomão, S. R., Pereira, J. M., & Berezovsky, A. (2016). Full-field electroretinogram recorded with skin electrodes in normal adults. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 79(6), 390–394.

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    Jarome Ali

    he/him/his

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024-present

     

    Contact Information

    email: jaromeali@gmail.com / j.ali@nyu.edu

    website: www.jaromeali.com

     

    Research Interests 

    I am an evolutionary biologist andecologist. I am interested in the diversity of life. This fascination has driven me to study fundamental questions related to quantifying biological
    variation, understanding how it arose over evolutionary time and using these insights to inform us about the future of the natural world. Most recently, I have examined these questions through the lens of animal colouration and communication. In the NYU Primatology group, my research will focus on the form and function of primate colouration.

     

    Education

    2023 PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,Princeton University, USA

    2016 MSc Ecology, Evolution andConservation, Imperial College London, UK

    2014 BSc Zoology, University CollegeLondon, UK

     

    Main Publications

     

    Ali, J. R.,Blonder, B, Pigot, A. L. & Tobias, J. A. (2022) Bird extinctions threaten
    to cause disproportionate reductions of functional diversity and uniqueness.
    Functional Ecology

    Tobias, J. A., … , Ali, J. R., …& Schleuning, M. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical
    data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25(3), 581-597.

    Ali, J. R.,Deacon, A. E., Mahabir, K., Ramnarine, I. W., & Magurran, A. E. (2018).
    Heterospecific shoaling in an invasive poeciliid: shared history does not
    affect shoal cohesion. Animal Behaviour, 138, 1-8.

    Morris, J., Ford, A. G. P., Ali, J. R.,Peart, C. R., Bills R., & Day, J. J. (2015) High levels of genetic
    structure and striking phenotypic variability in a sexually dimorphic
    suckermouth catfish from the African Highveld. Biological Journal of the
    Linnean Society.

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    Laura Newman

    PhD Candidate, 2017-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: laura.newman@nyu.edu

    twitter: @LauraNewman33

    Research Interests

    I am broadly interested in molecular changes that occur over the aging process, how sex and social integration modulate these changes, and the impact of these changes on phenotypic markers of aging. I am also interested in primate behavioral endocrinology, especially the relationship between stress, sociality, and health.

     

    Education

    2015 B.S. Biology, Boston College

     

    Publications

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Watowich, M.M., Costa, C.E., Chiou., K., Goldman, E., Petersen, R.M., Patterson, S., Martinez, M., Sterner, K., Horvarth, J.E., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Brent, L,J.N., Higham, J.P., Lea, A.,J., Snyder-Mackler, Noah. (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology In Press

     

    Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). Thebiology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424
     

    Ballard, E. D., Waldman, L., Yarrington, J. S., Gerlus, N., Newman, L. E., Lee, L., Sparks, M., Liberty, V., Pao, M., Park, L., & Zarate, C. A. (2020). Neurobiological research with suicidal participants: A framework for investigators. General Hospital Psychiatry, 62, 43–48.

     

    Worley, N. B., Dumais, K. M., Yuan, J. C., Newman, L. E., Alonso, A. G., Gillespie, T. C., Hobbs, N.J., Breedlove, S. M., Jordan, C. L., Bredewold, R., & Veenema, A. H. (2019). Oestrogen and androgen receptor activation contribute to the masculinisation of oxytocin receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31(8), e12760.

     

    Richards, E. M., Zanotti-Fregonara, P., Fujita, M., Newman, L.E., Farmer, C., Ballard, E. D., ... & Henter, I. D. (2018). PET radioligand binding to translocator protein (TSPO) is increased in unmedicated depressed subjects. EJNMMI research, 8(1), 57.

     

    Park M., Newman L.E., Gold P.W., Luckenbaugh D.A., Yuan P., Machado-Vieira R., Zarate C.A. Jr. (2016). Change in Cytokine Levels is Not Associated with Antidepressant Response to Ketamine in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression. The Journal of Psychiatric Research 84:113-118.

     

    Lucantonio F., Gardner M.P., Mirenzi A., Newman L.E., Takahashi Y.K., Schoenbaum G. (2015). Neural Estimates of Imagined Outcomes in Basolateral Amygdala Depend on Orbitofrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 35(50): 16521–16530.

     

    Book chapters and encyclopedia entries

     

    Newman, L. E., & Higham, J. P. (2019). Intrasexual Male Competition. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1–7). Springer International Publishing.

     

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    Christina Costa

    PhD Candidate, 2018-present

    Co-Advised with Todd Disotell

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: cec701@nyu.edu

    website: christinacosta.weebly.com

     

    Research Interests

    I am interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying non-human primate response to change and stress across the lifespan. My focus is on the genetic basis of gene regulation and relative contributions of epigenetic and environmental factors to differences in gene expression and its downstream biological consequences (immediate and long-term). Using functional genomics, I hope to identify genetic associations with regulatory phenotypes and variants mediating response to large natural disturbances like hurricanes, focusing on immune and stress response pathways, as well as age-associated processes.

     

    Education

    2018 B.S. Biology, B.A. Anthropology, Syracuse University

     

    Published Abstracts

     

    Fuchs, A. J., Kitrinos, C. and Costa, C. E. (2020) ‘The fifth annual Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists meeting at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst’, Evolutionary Anthropology, 29(1), pp. 3–5.

     

    Costa, CE., Braun, DR., Matsuzawa, T., Carvalho, S., Almeida‐Warren, K. (2019). Water Sources and Tool Site Distributions: Hominins and Chimpanzees Compared (abstract). PaleoAnthropology.

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Watowich, M.M., Costa, C.E., Chiou., K., Goldman, E., Petersen, R.M., Patterson, S., Martinez, M., Sterner, K., Horvarth, J.E., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Brent, L,J.N., Higham, J.P., Lea, A.,J., Snyder-Mackler, Noah. (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology In Press

     

    Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). Thebiology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424

     

     

     

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    Jessica Gunson

    she/her

    PhD Candidate, 2019-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: jessica.gunson@nyu.edu

    website: jessicagunson.weebly.com

    twitter: @GunsonWildlife

    Research Interests

    I am broadly interested in sexual selection and sexual signaling. My research centers on the evolution of sexually selected traits, with a particular focus on sexual coloration. My current project involves investigating the coloration of sexual swellings in female Kinda baboons (Papio kindae).

     

    Education

    2016 B.S. Biology, University of Florida

     

    Publications

     

    Alvarez-Estape, M., Pawar, H., Fontsere, C., Trujillo, A. E., Gunson, J. L., Bergl, R. A., Bermejo, M., Linder, J.M., McFarland, K., Oates, J.F., Sunderland-Groves, J.L., Orkin, Higham, J.P., Viaud-Martinez, K.A., Lizano, E., and Marques-Bonet, T. (2023). Past connectivity but recent inbreeding in cross river gorillas determined using whole genomes from single hairs. Genes, 14(3), 743. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14030743

     

    Montgomery, T. M., Greenberg, J. R., Gunson, J. L., John, K., Laubach, Z. M., Nonnamaker, E., ... & Beehner, J. C. (2022). Measuring salivary cortisol in wild carnivores. Hormones and Behavior. 137:105082.

     

    Kitrinos, C. E., Fuchs, A. J., Claypool, C. G., Gunson, J. L., & Kamilar, J. M. (2021). Primatology at the last meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 30(4), 233-235.

     

    Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A. H., Heistermann, M., Govaerts, A., Gunson, J. L., & Higham, J. P. (2021). Female Kinda baboon sexual signals are less accurate indicators of fertility. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174: 84.

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    Emily Nonnamaker

    they/them

    PhD Candidate, 2017-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: enonnama@nd.edu

    website: https://www.emilynonnamaker.com/

    Research Interests

    I am a behavioral ecologist in the Archie lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. I study multi-level dynamics between microbial communities and their animal hosts, from the social significance of single-site microbiomes to multi-body site dynamics to microbes shared throughout an entire ecosystem.

     

    Education

    2016 B.S. Environmental Biology, Tulane University

    2017 M.Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

     

    Publications

     

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    Kandra N. Cruz Cuberos

    PhD student, 2021-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: kcruz@nyu.edu

    Research Interests

    I am interested in studying the mechanisms supporting energetically costly reproduction in primates and analyzing how different hormonal pathways are interacting and influencing life history trade offs between reproduction and maintenance in females.

     

    Education

    2020 B.A. Anthropology, B.A. Human Biology, Hunter College

  • Stacy-Anne R. Parke

    PhD Student (2022-present)

    Contact Information

    e-mail: stacyanne.parke@nyu.edu

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    Research Interests

    I am broadly interested in primate biology with an emphasis on utilizing techniques from reproductive and behavioral ecology, morphology, and genomics.

     

    Education

    2022 M.A. Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University

    2019 B.A. Anthropology, Boston University

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    Eve Cooper

    she/her

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2024

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: eve.cooper@nyu.edu

    twitter: @EcoEvoEve

    Research Interests
    I am broadly interested in understanding the proximate and ultimate mechanisms driving between-individual variation in aging and senescence. As a member of the NYU Primatology lab, I’ll be investigating how social connectedness and social status influence the aging process, and especially immunosenescence (age-related deterioration of the immune system) using the free-ranging population of rhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico.

     

    Education

    2020 Ph.D. Biology, Australian National University

    2016 B.S. (honours) Environmental Science, University of Guelph

     

    Publications

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). Thebiology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424

     

    Higham, J.P., Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Stahl-Hennig, C., Giavedoni, L.D., & Heistermann, M. (2023). Urinary cytokine measurements do not reflect surgery-induced inflammation in rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology e23506 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23506

     

    Colby, A.E., DeCasien, A.R., Cooper, E.B. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Greater variability in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) endocranial volume among males than females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289: 20220728. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0728

     

    Cooper, E.B., Watowich, M.M., Beeby, N., Whalen, C., Montague, M.J., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Higham, J.P. 2022. Concentrations of urinary neopterin, but not suPAR, positively correlate with age in rhesus macaques. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10:1007052 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1007052

     

    Cooper, E.B., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Singh, M., Sengupta, A., Khatiwada, S., Malaivijitnond, S., Qi Hai, Z. & Higham, J.P. 2022. The natural history of model organisms: The rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene. eLife 11: e78169

     

    Munds, R.A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M.C., Lam, L.G., DeCasien, A.R., Bauman Surratt, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S., Higham, J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' 2022. Variation and heritability of retinal cone ratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaque. Evolution 76(8): 1776-1789

    'These authors contributed equally to this work

     

    EB Cooper, T Bonnet, H Osmond, A Cockburn, LEB Kruuk. (2020) “Do the ages of parents or helpers affect offspring fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird?” Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

     

    EB Cooper, T Bonnet, H Osmond, A Cockburn, LEB Kruuk. (2020) “Ageing and senescence across reproductive traits and survival in superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus)” American Naturalist.

     

    S Nakagawa, AG Dunn, M Lagisz, A Bannach-Brown, EM Grames, A Sánchez-Tójar, RE O’Dea, DWA Noble, MJ Westgate, PA Arnold, S Barrrow, A Bethel, EB Cooper, YZ Foo, SR Geange, E Hennessy, W Mapanga, K Mengersen, C Munera, MJ Page, V Welch, NR Haddaway. (2020) “A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis” Nature Ecology & Evolution.

     

    EB Cooper, and LEB Kruuk. (2018) “Ageing with a silver‐spoon: A meta‐analysis of the effect of developmental environment on senescence” Evolution Letters.

     

    EB Cooper, RW Taylor, AD Kelley, AR Martinig, S Boutin, MM Humphries, B Dantzer, JE Lane, AG McAdam. (2017) “Personality is correlated with natal dispersal in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)” Behaviour.

     

    Digests

     

    EB Cooper. (2020) “Digest: Indirect genetic effects of males on female reproductive traits in the wild” Evolution.

     

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    Connor Whalen

    he/him

    Lab Manager, 2022-2023

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: connor.whalen@nyu.edu

    Research Interests

    I am interested in host-pathogen dynamics and using these relationships to understand the impacts of natural disasters and climate change on an ecosystem. I am particularly interested in using parasites as sentinels for ecosystem function and in combining the fields of animal biology and disease ecology to produce a comprehensive understanding of ecosystems as a whole.

     

    Education

    University of California, Santa Cruz Ecology and Evolutionary Biology B.S.

     

    Publications

     

    Higham, J.P., Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Stahl-Hennig, C., Giavedoni, L.D., & Heistermann, M. (2023). Urinary cytokine measurements do not reflect surgery-induced inflammation in rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology e23506 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23506 

     

    Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Rees, K.P, Testard, C., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Pliner, H.A., Tremblay, S., Mercer, A., Whalen, C.J., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Janiak, M.C., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Compo, N.R., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson, M.A., Melin, A.D., Antón, S.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Newbern, J.M., Starita, L.M., Shendure, J., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., &Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience 25:1714–1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01197-0

     

    Cooper, E.B., Watowich, M.M., Beeby, N., Whalen,C., Montague, M.J., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Higham, J.P. (2022). Concentrations of urinary neopterin, but not suPAR, positively correlate with age in rhesus macaques. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1007052 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1007052 
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    Mareike Janiak

    she/her

    Postdoctoral Consultant, 2022-Present

    Research Interests

    I am broadly interested in the ways that animals adapt to the specific demands of their ecological niches, both on a genomic and a metagenomic level. To this end, I combine genomic information with dietary data or behavioral observations to understand the genetic and/or behavioral changes that allow a species to survive in its environment. I enjoy working with big data, coding, and data visualization.

     

    Education

    2018 Ph.D. Anthropology, Rutgers University

    2014 M.A. Anthropology, Rutgers University
    2010 B.A. (with honors) Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

     

    Publications

     

    Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). Thebiology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424

     

    Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Rees, K.P, Testard, C., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Pliner, H.A., Tremblay, S., Mercer, A., Whalen, C.J., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Janiak, M.C., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Compo, N.R., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson, M.A., Melin, A.D., Antón, S.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Newbern, J.M., Starita, L.M., Shendure, J., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., & Snyder-Mackler, N. 2022. Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience, 25:1714–1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01197-0

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Trujillo, A.E., Janiak, M.C., Harshaw, E.P., Caes, Z.N., Galindo, G.A., Petersen R.M. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Equivocal evidence for a link between megalencephaly-related genes and primate brain size evolution. Scientific Reports 12: 10902

     

    Munds, R.A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M.C., Lam, L.G., DeCasien, A.R., Bauman Surratt, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S., Higham, J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' 2022. Variation and heritability of retinal cone ratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaque. Evolution 76(8): 1776-1789

    'These authors contributed equally to this work

     

    Boubli, JP, Janiak, MC, Porter, L, de la Torre, S, Cortés-Ortiz, L, da Silva, MNF, Rylands, AB, Nash, S, Bertuol, F, Byrne, H, Silva, FE, de Vries, D, Beck, RMD, Ruiz-Gartzia, I, Kuderna, LFK, Marques-Bonet, T, Hrbek, T, Farias, IP, van Heteren, A, & Roos, C. (2021). Ancient DNA of the pygmy marmoset type specimen Cebuella pygmaea (Spix, 1823) resolves a taxonomic conundrum. Zoological Research 42(6): 761-771. Link.

    Melin, AD, Orkin, JD, Janiak, MC, [29 other authors], Arora, PS, & Higham, JP. (2021). Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises. American Journal of Primatology 83: e23255. Link.

    Janiak, MC, Montague, MJ, Villamil, CI, Stock, MK, Trujillo, AE, DePasquale, AN, Orkin, JD, Bauman Surratt, SE, Gonzalez, O, Platt, ML, Martinez, M, Antón, SC, Dominguez-Bello, MG, Melin, AD, & Higham, JP (2021). Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiome 9: 68. Link.

    Orkin, JD, Montague, MJ, Tejada-Martinez, D, de Manuel, M, del Campo, J, Cheves Hernandez, S, Di Fiore, A, Fontsere, C, Hodgson, JA, Janiak, MC, Kuderna, LFK, Lizano, E, Pia Martin, M, Niimura, Y, Perry, GH, Soto Valverde, C, Tang, J, Warren, WC, de Magalhães, JP, Kawamura, S, Marquès-Bonet, T, Krawetz, R, & Melin, AD (2021). The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS. PNAS 118(7): e2010632118. Link.

    Melin, AD*, Janiak, MC*, Marrone, F, Arora, PS, & Higham, JP. (2020). Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk. Communications Biology 3: 641. Link.
    *These authors contributed equally.

    Janiak, MC, Pinto, S, Duytschaever, G, Carrigan, MA, & Melin, AD. (2020). Genetic evidence of widespread variation in ethanol metabolism among mammals: Revisiting the "myth" of natural intoxication. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200070. Link.

    Janiak, MC, Burrell, AS, Orkin, JD, & Disotell, TR. (2019). Duplication and parallel evolution of the
    pancreatic ribonuclease gene (RNASE1) in folivorous non-colobine primates, the howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.). Scientific Reports 9: 20366. Link.

    Janiak, MC. (2019). Of Starch and Spit. Insight Article. eLife 8: e47523. Link.

    Duytschaever, G, Janiak, MC, Ong, P, Wells, K, Dominy, NJ, & Melin, AD. (2019). Opsin genes of
    select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia. Royal Society Open Science 6(4): 182037. Link.

    Kries, K, Barros, MAS, Duytschaever, G, Orkin, JD, Janiak, MC, Pessoa, DMA, & Melin, AD. (2018). Independent losses of colour vision in leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): links to cave roosting and dietary specialization on blood. Molecular Ecology 27(18): 3627-3640. Link. 

    Janiak, MC. (2018). No evidence of copy number variation in acidic mammalian chitinase genes
    (CHIA) in New World and Old World monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 39(2): 269-284. Link.

    Janiak, MC, Chaney, ME, & Tosi, AJ. (2018). Evolution of acidic mammalian chitinase genes (CHIA) is related to body mass and insectivory in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35(3): 607-622. Link.

    Lewis, DMG, Al-Shawaf, L., Janiak, MC, & Akunebu, S. (2018). Integrating molecular genetics and evolutionary psychology: sexual jealousy and the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Personality and Individual Differences 120: 276-282. ​Link. 

    Janiak, MC. (2016). Digestive enzymes of human and non-human primates. Evolutionary Anthropology 25(5): 253-266. Link.

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    Susie Lee

    PhD alumna, 2013-2019

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: susielee.on@gmail.com

     

    Current position: Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Research Interests
    My long-term goal is to understand how, why and when attachment behaviors evolved in animals. For my doctoral study I focused on patterns of mother-infant relationships in non-human primates.

     

    Education

    2019 Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2016 M.A. Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2009 M.A. Anthropology, Seoul National University

    2005 B.A. Child Development & Anthropology, Seoul National University

     

    Publications

    See Google Scholar for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Sandra Winters

    PhD alumna, 2012-2019

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: sandra.winters@nyu.edu

    website: link

    twitter: @SandraWinters22

     

    Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol

    Research Interests

    For my dissertation I studied the form and function of guenon face patterns. Guenons are a group of forest monkeys in Africa that exhibit an extraordinary variety of colorful facial displays. Guenons often form polyspecfic groups in which up to six species live side by side, however hybridization between species, while possible, is rare in undisturbed circumstances. This indicates that there are likely pre-mating barriers to heterospecific mating; previous research in the lab has indicated that the face patterns exhibited by guenons are likely contributing to maintaining species boundaries and have been under selective pressures to diversify (i.e. there is evidence of character displacement in sympatric species groups). I extended this research using a variety of techniques, including computational recognition algorithms based on photographs of guenon faces, modeling of evolutionary scenarios, experiments to assess guenon preferences, and measurements of guenon behavior and ecology.

     

    Education

    2019 Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, New York University
    2015 M.A. Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2011 M.S. Primate Behavior, Central Washington University

    2008 B.S. Anthropology and Psychology, University of Maryland

     

    Publications

    See https://camolab.com/members.php?s=winters for an up-to-date list of publications

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    Alex DeCasien

    PhD alumna, 2014-2021

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: alex.decasien@gmail.com

    website: alex-decasien.strikingly.com

    twitter: @AlexDeCasien

     

    Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, NIMH Section on Developmental Neurogenomics

    Research Interests
    I am interested in how sexual selection has shaped primate cognitive evolution. Sex differences in behavior and cognitive abilities have been demonstrated in humans and non-human primates, but the specific neurobiological underpinnings of such differences remain unknown.

     

    Education
    2021 Ph.D Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2016 M.A. Biological Anthropology, New York University
    2014 B.S. Economics & Biological Anthropology, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business

     

    Publications

    See alex-decasien.strikingly.com for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Megan Petersdorf

    she/her

    PhD alumna, 2013-2021

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: mpetersdorf@tulane.edu

    web: meganpetersdorf.com

    twitter: @meganpetersdorf

     

    Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane University

    Research Interests
    My research is generally centered in sexual selection and communication. I am interested in understanding variation in sexually selected traits in primates and the evolution of mating system diversity. I address my research questions through a combination of behavioral observations of primates in the field with endocrinology, genetics, and digital measurements of morphology. For my PhD dissertation, I studied sexual selection in the little-known Kinda baboon at the Kasanka Baboon Project in Zambia.

     

    Education
    2021 Ph.D Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2016 M.A. Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2012 M.Res Primate Biology, Behavior, and Conservation, University of Roehampton

    2009 B.A. Biological Anthropology, University of California San Diego.

     

    Publications

    See meganpetersdorf.com for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Clare Kimock

    PhD alumna, 2015-2021

    Co-Advised with Shara Bailey

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: clare.kimock@gmail.com

    website: Google Scholar

    twitter: @clare_kimock

     

    Current position: AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Multilateral Strategy and Personnel,

    US Department of State

    Research Interests

    I am interested in the evolution of sexually dimorphic traits in primates and other mammals. For my dissertation, I studied the evolution and function of large male canine teeth in rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. I integrated morphological, genetic, and behavioral data to better understand how variation in canine tooth size is produced and maintained.

     

    Education

    2021 Ph.D Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2015 M.A. Anthropology, George Washington University

    2013 B.A. Anthropology, American University

     

    Publications

    See clarekimock.strikingly.com for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Amber Eliza Trujillo

    PhD Candidate, 2016-present

    Co-Advised with Christina Bergey and Todd Disotell

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: aet359@nyu.edu

    Research Interests

    I am interested in molecular mechanisms underlying the co-evolutionary relationship between primates and malaria. Combining comparative evolutionary and functional genomics and transcriptomics, my research is focused on characterizing the molecular immune response of primates (including humans) to malaria, and determining which differences may be adaptations to malaria-mediated selection.

     

    Education

    2020 M.Phil. Biological Anthropology, New York University
    2016 B.S. Biology, University of New Mexico

     

    Publications

     

    Publications

     

    Alvarez-Estape, M., Pawar, H., Fontsere, C., Trujillo, A. E., Gunson, J. L., Bergl, R. A., Bermejo, M., Linder, J.M., McFarland, K., Oates, J.F., Sunderland-Groves, J.L., Orkin, Higham, J.P., Viaud-Martinez, K.A., Lizano, E., and Marques-Bonet, T. (2023). Past connectivity but recent inbreeding in cross river gorillas determined using whole genomes from single hairs. Genes, 14(3), 743. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14030743

     

    DeCasien, A.R., Trujillo, A.E., Janiak, M.C., Harshaw, E.P., Caes, Z.N., Galindo, G.A., Petersen R.M. & Higham, J.P. 2022. Equivocal evidence for a link between megalencephaly-related genes and primate brain size evolution. Scientific Reports 12: 10902

     

    Janiak, MC., Montague, MJ., Villamil, CI., Stock, MJ., Trujillo, AE., DePasquale, A., Orkin, J., Bauman Surratt, S., Gonzalez, O., Platt, ML., Martinez, M., Antón S., Dominguez-Bello, MG., Melin, AD., Higham, JP. 2021. Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiome 9: 68

     

    Published Abstracts

     

    Trujillo, AE., Chaney, ME., Bergey, CM. (2020). Genomic sequence assembly for the malaria-like
    parasite Hepatocystis using primate whole genome sequencing datasets (abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropologists.

     

    Bergey, CM., Trujillo, AE., Disotell, TR., Tosi, AJ., Burrell, AS. (2020) Genomics of adaptation, convergence, and evolutionary conservation in haplorrhine primates (abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropologists.

     

    Janiak., MC, Montague, MJ., Villamil, C., Stock, MK., Trujillo, AE., DePasquale, A., Orkin, JD., Surrat, SEB.,
    Gonzalez, O., Platt, ML., Martinez, M., Antón, SC., Dominguez-Bello, G., Melin, AD., Higham, JP. (2020). Age-associated changes in the microbiome of rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago (abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropologists

     

    Trujillo, AE., Gilbert, CC. (2018). Craniometric variation and taxonomy in papionin monkeys: the case of Parapapio (abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropologists.

     

    Book Chapters

     

    Trujillo, AE., Janiak, M., Naji, S., Disotell, TR. (in press). A comparative genetic analysis of acellular cementum. In Dental Cementum in Anthropology. Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press

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    Constance Dubuc

    Affiliated Researcher alumna, 2014-2021

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2012-2014

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: constance.dubuc@umontreal.ca

    Publications

    See Google Scholar for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Rachel Petersen

    PhD alumna, 2014-2021

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: rachel.petersen@nyu.edu

    twitter: @rachpetersen

    Research Interests

    For my masters project I studied the relationship between sociality and fitness in the rhesus macaque through non-invasive markers of immune activation and HPA axis function. This research aimed to uncover the role of the immune and endocrine system in mediating the negative health consequences associated with low social integration. For my PhD dissertation, I am studying both pre- and post-copulatory mechanisms by which female primates bias paternity. Specifically, I am interested in mechanisms of cryptic female choice and exploring how sexual selection has acted on female physiology in order to better understand the co-evolution of reproductive strategies in male and female primates.


    Education

    2017 M.A. Biological Anthropology, New York University

    2013 B.S. Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

     

    Publications

     

    See Google Scholar for an up-to-date list of publications.

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    Laís A. A. Moreira

    PhD candidate (University of Calgary), 2017-present

    Co-Advised with Amanda Melin

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: lais.pacheco@ucalgary.ca

    twitter: @lais_aa_moreira

    Research Interests

    My research interest is in visual and chemical communication in Platyrrhines.

     

    Education

    2013 M.A. Psycobiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
    2010 B.A. Biology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

     

    Publications

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

     

    Moreira, L.A.A., Duytschaever, G., Higham, J.P., & Melin, A.D. 2019. Platyrrhine color signals: A whole New World, with new horizons to pursue. Evolutionary Anthropology In Press


    Moreira, L.A.A., de Oliveira, D.G.R., de Sousa, M.B.C., & Pessoa, D.M.A. 2015. Parturition signaling by visual cues in female marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129319.


    Moreira L.A.A., Pessoa D.M.A., & Sousa, M.B.C. 2013. Socio-sexual communication: A review of the sensory modalities used by non-human primates. Oecologia Australis, 17, 113-129.

     

    Published abstracts

     

    Moreira, L.A.A., Pessoa, D.M.A., & Sousa, M.B.C. 2013. Chromatic signaling of reproductive condition in common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Sociedade Brasileira de Etologia.


    Moreira, L.A.A., Saletti P.G., Pessoa V.F., & Pessoa D.M.A. 2011. Detecção de variação cromática em genitálias de fêmeas de macaco-prego (Cebus libidinosus). Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia.

     

     

     

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    Cassandra Turcotte

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-present

     

    Contact Information

    e-mail: ct1313@nyu.edu

    Research Interests

    Comparative and functional anatomy, musculoskeletal biology, digital imaging and microscopy, 3D modeling, muscle-bone attachment regions

     

    Current work: Relationships between soft tissue morphology and skeletal correlates in the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. This post-doctoral position is focused on the reconstruction of soft tissue and life history variables from skeletal remains using the rhesus macaque population of Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. This project collects antemortem somatometric and microbiome data for comparison against skeletonized tissues to assess the utility of forensic skeletal markers for the reconstruction of living behavior.


    Education

    2018 Ph.D. Human Paleobiology, George Washington University

    2012 B.A. Physical Anthropology and Geology, University of Pennsylvania

     

    Publications

     

    Turcotte, C.M., Mann, E.H.J., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Montague, M.J., Dickinson, E., Bauman Surratt, S., Martinez, M., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. 2022. The ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 314-327

     

    Diogo R, Potau JM, Pastor JF, de Paz FJ, Arias Martorell J, Turcotte C, Hammond A, Shearer B, Vereecke E, Vanhoof M, Nauwelaerts S and B Wood (2017) Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos. 1st ed. Springer.