People

As Editor

2017

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

Behavior 91.

2013

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

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

2009

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

Primatology 30 (6)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2025

Turcotte, C.M., Raghunath, A., Ryan, T.M., DeMars, L.J.D., Siracusa, E., Patterson, S.K., Cayo Biobank Research Unit,

Platt, M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Bauman, S.E., Montague, M.J., Martinez, M.I., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C.,

Higham, J.P. & Kuo, S. Variation in trabecular bone microarchitecture across rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

load-bearing joints. Journal of Anatomy DOI: 10.1111/joa.70069

Hayden, B. L., Kelley, O., Zientek, K., Reddy, A. P., Wilmarth, P. A., Munds, R., Montague, M.J., Martinez, M.I., Wollstein,

G., Higham, J.P., Barron Arrambide, A.O., Danias, J., Melin, A.D., David, L.L. & Whitson, J. A. Proteomic

characterization of the rhesus macaque lens nucleus: similarity to human lens, age effects on protein solubility,

and trends in post-translational modifications. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 66: 12 28

Hass, J.K., Fernandes, A.G., Montague, M.J., Burgos-Rodriguez A., Martinez, M.I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N.,

Danias, J., Wollstein, G., Higham, J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' The ocular surface microbiome of rhesus macaques. Animal

Microbiome 7: 1-12

'These authors should be considered co-senior authors

Higham, J.P. Multimodal communication in nonhuman primates and humans. Annual Review of Anthropology

54: 427-441

Thompson González, N., Freedberg, L., Higham, J.P., Vogel, E. & Cords, M. Costs and constraints of cellular

immune activity during development in an arboreal primate. Royal Society Open Science 12: 241659

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. Cost-effective solutions for high-

throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing. PLoS Genetics DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011667

Munds, R.A., Melin, A.M. & Higham, J.P. Is primate cone ratio variation functional and adaptive? American

Journal of Primatology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.70038

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. Socioecological drivers of injuries in

female and male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03587-3d

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. 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. 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. 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. 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

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. 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.

Lamina cribrosa microstructure in nonhuman primates with naturally occurring peripapillary retinal nerve

fiber layer thinning. Translational Vision Science and Technology 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.' 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. 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. Age, sex, and

social environmental effects on immune cell composition in a free-ranging non-human primate. GeroScience 46:

2107-2122

2023

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2022

Higham, J.P. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2021

Lee, D.S., Kang, Y., Ruiz-Lambides, A.& Higham, J.P. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2020

Ghazanfar, A.A., Kelly, L.M.,Takahashi, D.Y., Winters, S., Terrett, R. & Higham, J.P. 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. 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. 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.‌‌ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2019

Kimock, C., Dubuc, C., Brent, L.J.N., & Higham, J.P. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2018

Ma, W.J. & Higham, J.P. 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.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. Dr Seuss and the real Lorax. Nature Ecology and

Evolution 2: 1196–1198 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0628-x

2017

Mandalaywala, T.M., Petrullo, L., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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

2016

Petrullo, L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D. & Higham, J.P. 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. 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. 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

2015

Grueter, C.C., Zhu, P., Allen,W.L., Higham, J.P., Ren, B. & Li, M. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2014

Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., Brent, L.J.N., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D.M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A. &

Higham, J.P. 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. 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. Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals.

Nature Communications 5: 4266

https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5266

Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. 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. 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. How does honest costly signaling work? Behavioral Ecology 25: 8-11

https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art097

2013

Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Analyzing visual signals as visual scenes. American Journal of Primatology 75:

664-682 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22129

2012

Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Saggau, C., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D. & Engelhardt, A. 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

2011

Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M. & Maestripieri, D. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2010

Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. 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. 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. 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. 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

2009

Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C. & Semple, S. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

2008

Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C., Heistermann, M. & Semple, S. 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. 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

2007

Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., Heistermann, M. & MacLarnon, A. 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. 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

2006

Higham, J.P. & Gosler, A.G. 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

2005

Gosler, A.G., Higham, J.P. & Reynolds, S.J. 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

2019

Winters, S., Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. 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.

2018

Petersen R.M., Dubuc C., Higham, J.P. Facial displays of dominance in non-human primates. In: The Facial

Displays of Leaders. Ed Senior, C. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

2017

Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. Mating systems, Primates. In: International Encyclopedia of Biological

Anthropology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken: New Jersey.

Higham, J.P. Sperm competition. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell.

Hoboken: NewJersey.

Higham, J.P. & Petersdorf, M. Sexual swellings. In: The International Encyclopedia of

Primatology.Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. Mating systems. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology.

WileyBlackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

2016

Higham, J.P. Multimodal Communication. In: The missing lemur link: an ancestral step in human

evolution (Palagi, E. & Norscia I.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

2015

Higham, J.P. & Dubuc, C. The evolution of female fertility signals in macaques. In: eLS (Encyclopedia

ofLife Sciences). Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.

Higham, J.P. & Winters, S. 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

2013

Higham, J.P. Primate visual signals. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology McGraw-Hill

Professional: New York

2011

Warren, Y., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A. & Ross, C. 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. 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

2016

Setchell, J.M., Fernandez-Duque, E., Higham, J.P., Rothman, J.M., & Schulke, O. 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

2015

Petersdorf, M., & Higham, J.P. 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. Martin Stevens: Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution. International

Journal of Primatology 36: 205-208

2014

Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. Quite the complexion: rhesus monkey face redness is passed on to their

offspring, and affects their reproductive fitness. Biosphere 2: 50-55

2013

Higham, J.P., Amann, A.L., Bryer, M.A.H., Thompson, N.A. & Winters, S. 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

2011

Higham, J.P. Review of “The Japanese Macaques” (Eds., Naofumi, N., Nakamichi, N. & Sugiura, H.).

International Journal ofPrimatology 32:1033-1036

2010

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

Biology

2008

Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M., & Higham, J.P. A GIS habitat map for the Kagwene

Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon. Gorilla Journal 37: 12-14

Higham, J.P. & Bennett, D. Some observations on wildlife, and wildlife consumption, in Eastern Nigeria. Gorilla

Journal. 36: 11-13

Research Interests

My research as a primate behavioral ecologist broadly focuses on physiological and behavioral adaptations to environmental and reproductive challenges in non-human primates.

Education

2025 PhD Human Paleobiology (Primatology Focus), George Washington University

2016 BA (Biology & Psychology), Waynesburg University

Main Publications

2024

Nelson, R.S., Bosha, R., Mwacha, D., Terio, K.A., Murray, C.M. Socioecological correlates of Chimpanzee (Pan

troglodytes) hydration status at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Mammalogy105(6), 1268–

1277.

Shimwa, A. K., Murray, C. M., Nelson, R. S., Nockerts, R. S., Power, M. L., O'Malley, R. C. Sodium content in

plant and insect food resources consumed by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe

National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 185(1), e24989.

2022
Nelson, R.S., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wellens, K.R., Terio, K.A., Lee, S.M., Murray, C.M. (2022). Drinking frequency in

wild lactating chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and their offspring. American Journal of

Primatology 84(6), e23371

2021
Nelson, R.S., Schulkin, J.S., Power, M.P. A Review of the Clinician’s Role in Women’s Weight Management

and Implications for Women’s Health and Pregnancy Outcomes. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

76(8), 493–503.

Nelson, R. S., Connelly, E., & Hopper, L. M. Chimpanzee social learning. The Cambridge Handbook of

Animal Cognition (Eds. A. Kaufman, J. Call, J. Kaufman). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.