Primatology

Recipients of the Rebecca Jeanne Andrew Memorial Award

Timothy Webster - "Cortical and cancellous bone ratios in ape and human calcanei" (Cleveland, $2,000)

Christian Grafinger - "Feeding ecology of Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) in Dharmasala, India" (India, $2,200)

Christopher Newman - "Metatarsal and phalange ratios of great apes and humans applied to Austalopithecus afarensis" (Cleveland, $1,000)

Melanie Beuerlein - "Vocal communication of wild gibbons in Khao Yai National Park" (Thailand, $1,000)

Alysha Kocher - "Laterality of hand function in captive chimpanzees" (Phoenix, $1,000)

Lauren Sarringhaus - "Adaptation of chimpanzees to retirement in a sanctuary" (Shreveport, USA $1,000)

Daniel Pesek - "Conservation Ecology of the Endemic Red Howling Monkey (Trinidad, $1,000)

Jacklyn Ramsey - "Ecology of Mantled Howling Monkeys on Ometepe Island" (Nicaragua, $1,000)

Samantha Russak - "Age Differences in Tail-Use by Mantled Howling Monkeys" (Nicaragua, $1,000)

Sabrina Bourgeois - "The Characterization and Psychological Assessment of Laboratory Chimpanzees Designated for Retirement to a Non-Profit Sanctuary" (San Antonio, USA, $800; Additional awards from two donors, $2000)

Lauren Sarringhaus- "Bilateral Asymmetry in the Upper Arm Bones of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)" (Cleveland, USA, $800)

Stephanie Bogart - "Cultural Evidence in Wild Cebus capucinus?" (Costa Rica, $1200)
Sabrina Bourgeois - "Behavior Modification in Singly-Caged Baboons: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Four Enrichment Conditions." (San Antonio, USA, $600)
Jessica Lodwick - "The Monkey's Working Day: Activity Budget from Rising to Retiring" (Costa Rica, $1200)

Anne Minter - "The Grooming Handclasp of Chimpanzees at the Yerkes Primate Center, Atlanta" (USA, $2525)

Janaé Arno - "Assessment and Evaluation of the Environment and Behavioral Ecology of Savannah Chimpanzees" (Senegal, $1807)

Jamie Horvath, Megan Croswell, & Robert O'Malley - "Ecological Assessment for Future Chimp Haven Enclosure: Caddo Parish, Louisiana" (Shreveport, USA, $365)
Heather Leasor - "Feeding Behavior in White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys at La Suerte, Costa Rica" (Costa Rica, $455)
Robert O"Malley - "Quality of Pair Bonds in Captive Gibbons, Phuket, Thailand" (Thailand, $980)

Heather Leasor - "Cradling of Infants by Free-Ranging Rhesus Monkey Mothers in Nepal" (Nepal, $700)
Emily Sonderman - "Grooming Behavior of Captive Chimpanzees at Yerkes Primate Center" (Atlanta, USA, $500)

Sarah Karpanty - "Raptor Predation on Diurnal Lemurs in Southern Madagascar" (Madagascar, $705)
Jennifer Weghorst - "Laterality of Hand Functions in the Naturalistically-Housed Chimpanzees of Chester Zoo, U.K." (England, $705)

Melanie Peterson - "Excavation of Fossil Oligocene Primates at Songhor Field Site" (Kenya, $600)
Jennifer Weghorst - "Habitat Use and Activity Budget by Two Captive Groups of Western Lowland Gorillas" (Cincinnati & Columbus, USA, $400)