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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

Longtin, A., Watowich, M.M., Sadoughi, B., Petersen, R.M., Brosnan, S.F., Buetow, K., Cai, Q., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Gurven, M.D., Higham, J.P., Highland, H.M., Huang, Y-T., Kaplan, H., Kraft, T.S., Lim, Y.A.L., Long, J., Melin, A.D., Montague, M.J., Roberson, J., Ng, K-S., Platt, M.L., Schneider-Crease, I.A., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B.C., Venkataraman, V.V., Wallace, I.J., Wu, J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Jones, A., Bick, A.G. & Lea, A.J. (2025). Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing. PLoS Genetics In Press

Munds, R.A., Melin, A.M. & Higham, J.P. (2025). Is primate cone ratio variation functional and adaptive? American Journal of Primatology In Press

Pavez-Fox, M.A., Siracusa, E.R., Ellis, S., Kimock, C.M., Rivera-Barreto, N., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., De Moor, D. & Brent, L.J.N. (2025). Socioecological drivers of injuries in female and male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology In Press

Covarrubias, B.V., Kamminga, J.M., Muchlinski, M.N., Munds, R.A., Villero Núñez, V, Bauman Surratt, S., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Melin, A.D. & Veilleux, C.C. (2025). Investigating mechanoreceptor variability and morphometric proxies in rhesus macaques: Implications for primate precision touch studies. The Anatomical Record A DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25587

Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Beeby, N., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P. (2025). Associations between social behaviour and proinflammatory immune activation are modulated by age in a free-ranging primate population. Animal Behaviour. 219: 123021

Burke, K.C., Heistermann, M., Higham, J.P. & Berman, C.M. (2024). Associations between fecal glucocorticoid levels and social bonds vary with relatedness in juvenile rhesus macaques. Scientific Reports 14: 30966

Covarrubias, B.V., Kamminga, J.M., Muchlinski, M.N., Munds, R.A., Villero Núñez, V, Bauman Surratt, S., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Melin, A.D. & Veilleux, C.C. (2024). Investigating mechanoreceptor variability and morphometric proxies in rhesus macaques: Implications for primate precision touch studies. The Anatomical Record A In Press

Costa, C.E., Watowich, M., Goldman, E., Sterner, K., Negron-Del Valle, J., Phillips, D., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Platt, M.L., Montague, M.J., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Lea, A.J. Genetic architecture of immune cell DNA methylation in the rhesus macaque. (2024). Molecular Ecology e17576

Alexopoulos, P, Fernandes, A.G., Ghassabi, Z., Zambrano, R., Vellappally, A., Shemuelian, E., Lee, TF, Hu, J., Burgos-Rodriguez, A., Martinez, M.I., Schuman, J.S., Melin, A.D., Higham, J.P., Danias, J. & Wollstein, G. (2024). Lamina cribrosa microstructure in nonhuman primates with naturally occurring peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 13: 2

Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Heistermann, M., Gunson, J.L., Govaerts, A., Siame, S., Mustill, R.L., Hillegas, M., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female Kinda baboons. Hormones and Behavior 165: 105632

Campos, F.A., Wikberg, E.C. Orkin, J.D., Park, Y., Snyder-Mackler, N., Cheves Hernandez, S., Lopez Navarro, R., Fedigan, L.M., Gurven, M., Higham, J.P., Jack, K.M. & Melin, A.D. (2024). Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of aging. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20230482

Cooper, E.C., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Demography and climate influence sex-specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population. Oikos e10624

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., Higham, J.P. & Antón, S.C. (2024). Quantifying the relationship between bone and soft tissue measures within the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 184: e24920

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 384: 1330-1335

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 211: 147-161

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. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20220456

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. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20220462.

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 e17445

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 4: 100589 'These authors contributed equally to this work

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 184: e24901

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., Chiou, K.L., Graves, B., Montague, M.J., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Horvarth, J.E., Lu, A., Martinez, M.I., Platt M.L., Schneider-Crease., I.A., Lea., A.J. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2023). 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 Investigative Ophthalmology & 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. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378:20220061 https://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

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.003

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 sexual dimorphism 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. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 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 Royal Society 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. Royal Society 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 the Royal 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. American Journal 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: The International 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

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.

Alexopoulos, P, Fernandes, A.G., Ghassabi, Z., Zambrano, R., Vellappally, A., Shemuelian, E., Lee, TF, Hu, J., Burgos-Rodriguez, A., Martinez, M.I., Schuman, J.S., Melin, A.D., Higham, J.P., Danias, J. & Wollstein, G. (2024). Lamina cribrosa microstructure in nonhuman primates with naturally occurring peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science In Press

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 

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.

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

Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Heistermann, M., Gunson, J.L., Govaerts, A., Siame, S., Mustill, R.L., Hillegas, M., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female Kinda baboons. Hormones and Behavior 165: 105632

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.

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

Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Beeby, N., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2019). Associations between social behavior and proinflammatory immune activation are modulated by age in a free-ranging primate population. Animal Behaviour 12:3021

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.

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.