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  Orangatunus Plobistinae

2003


Student Publications

2006

Fruth, B.I., Hohmann, G., Beuerlein, M.M. & McGrew, W.C. Grooming hand clasp by bonobos of Lui Kotal, Democratic Republic of Congo. Pan Africa News, 13(1): 6-8.

Horvath, J., Croswell, M., O'Malley, R.C. & McGrew, W.C. Vegetation survey of site for proposed chimpanzee sanctuary, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. International Journal of Primatology, in press.

Kocher, A. & McGrew, W.C. Captive chimpanzees are manually ambilateral, regardless of rearing experience. Journal of Human Evolution, accepted.

O'Malley, R.C. & McGrew, W.C. Hand preferences in captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Primates, 47:279-283.

2005

Bourgeois, S.R. & Brent, L. Modifying the behavior of singly caged baboons: Evaluating the effectiveness of four enrichment techniques. Animal Welfare, 14:71-81.

Lodwick, J.L., Borries, C., Pusey, A.E., Goodall, J. & McGrew, W.C. From nest to nest - influence of ecology and behavior on the active period of adult wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 64: 249-260.

Russak, S.M. Getting the hang of it: age differences in tail use by mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). Neotropical Primates, 13:5-7.

Sarringhaus, L.A., McGrew, W.C., & Marchant, L.F. Misuse of anecdotes in primatology: lessons from citation analysis. American Journal of Primatology, 65:283-288.

Sarringhaus, L.A., Stock, J.T., Marchant, L.F., & McGrew, W.C. Bilateral asymmetry in the limb bones of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 128: 840-845.

2004

Ramsey, J.K. & McGrew, W.C. Object play in great apes: studies in nature and captivity. In: The Nature of Play: Great Apes and Humans, Pellegrini, A.D. & Smith, P.K. (eds.), New York: Guilford, pp. 89-112.

2003

McGrew, W.C., Baldwin, P.J., Marchant, L.F., Pruetz, J.D., Scott, S.E. & Tutin, C.E.G. Ethnoarchaeology and elementary technology of unhabituated chimpanzees at Assirik, Senegal, West Africa. PaleoAnthropology, 1:1-20.

2002

Pruetz, J.D., Marchant, L.F., Arno, J. & Mcgrew, W.C. Survey of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in southeastern Senegal. American Journal of Primatology, 58:35-43.

2001

McGrew, W.C., Marchant, L.F., Scott, S.E. & Tutin, C.E.G. Intergroup differences in a social custom of wild chimpanzees: The grooming hand-clasp of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania. Current Anthropology, 42:148-153


Published Abstracts

Student Presentations at Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists or American Society of Primatologists with Published Abstracts

A. Kocher, W.C. McGrew. Rearing is not a determinant of chimpanzee manual laterality. American Journal of Primatology, 2006, V 68: supp. 1, p. 72.

S.M. Russak, W.C. McGrew. Chimpanzees as fauna: comparisons of sympatric large mammals across longterm study sites. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005, supp. 40, p. 180.

R.C. O'Malley*, W.C. McGrew. Laterality of hand function in captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005, supp. 40, p. 161.

S.L. Bogart, J.D. Pruetz, W.C. McGrew. Termite de jour: termite fishing by West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli, Senegal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005, supp. 40, p. 75.

S.K. Adamson, L.F. Marchant. Manual laterality in bonobos: cross-populational differences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005, supp. 40, p. 62.

J.K. Ramsey, W.C. McGrew, S.P. Lambeth, and S.J. Schapiro. Object play in gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) compared. American Journal Primatology, 2004, V 62: supp. 1, p. 62.

L.A. Sarringhaus, J.T. Stock, W.C. McGrew, L.F. Marchant. Bilateral asymmetry in the upper arm bones of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2004, supp. 38, p. 172.

L.F. Marchant, A.L. Ensminger, W.C. McGrew, J.D. Pruetz, L. Vigilant. Genotyping aids field study of unhabituated wild chimpazees. American Journal Physical Anthropology, 2004, supp. 38, p. 142.

B.M. Auerbach**, C.B.Ruff. The right preferences? Bilateral asymmetry in the upper and lower limbs of modern humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2004, supp. 38, p. 56.

B.M. Auerbach**, C.B. Ruff. Mass matters: an evaluation of two body mass estimation techniques in modern human populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2003, supp. 36, p. 61.

J. Lodwick, W.C. McGrew. The wild chimpanzee's working day: activity budget at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2002, supp. 34, p. 103.

W.C. McGrew, P. Baldwin, L.F. Marchant, J. Pruetz, S. Scott, C. Tutin. Ethno-archaeology of unhabituated chimpanzees at Mont Assirik, Senegal, West Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2002, supp. 34, p. 110.

J.D. Pruetz, W.C. McGrew, L.F. Marchant, J. Arno. Status of the savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Mont Assirik in Parc National du Niokolo Koba and in adjacent areas in southeastern Senegal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2001, supp. 32, p. 121.

* Graduate Student, University of Southern California, Data from Undergraduate Summer Scholar Project.

** Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University, Data from JJ Goldman Memorial prize from Miami University awarded in 2001.

 


Departmental Honors Projects

2007

Timothy Webster, "Variation in Chimpanzee Faunivory" (Linda Marchant)

2006

Samantha Russak, "Comparative Study of Mammalian Fauna at Miocene Ape Localities" (Scott Suarez)

2005

Sarah K. Adamson, "Laterality of Hand Use in Bonobos (Pan paniscus) II" (Linda Marchant)

Melanie Marie Beuerlein, "Chimpanzee Juvenile Socialization" (William McGrew)

Samantha Russak, "Primate - Mammal Ecology" (Linda Marchant)

2004

Sarah K. Adamson, "Laterality of Hand Use in Bonobos (Pan paniscus) I" (Linda Marchant)

Melanie Marie Beuerlein, "Behavioral Primatology" (William McGrew)

2002

Lauren Anne Sarringhaus, "Anecdotal Usage in Primatological Literature" (Linda Marchant)


Undergraduate Summer Scolars

2007

Heather Hillenbrand: Archaeology of the Black Death (Linda Marchant, Mentor)

2006

Erica N. Kempf: Lifestyles of the Aquatic Ape (Linda Marchant, Mentor)

2004

Sarah Kathleen Adamson: Laterality of Hand Use in Bonobos (Linda Marchant, Mentor)

2003

Jacklyn Kay Ramsey: Comparison of Object Play in Chimpanzees & Gorillas (William McGrew, Mentor)

Lauren A. Sarringhaus: Lopsided Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Bilateral Asymmetry in the Upper Arm Bone (Linda Marchant, Mentor)


 

AAPA Abstracts

Students and faculty from the Miami primatology group submitted 6 abstracts for the 74th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, held in Milwaukee, 6-9 April, 2005.  They are:

Adamson, S.K., Marchant, L.F., McGrew, W.C. "Manual laterality in bonobos: cross-populational differences."

Bogart, S.L., Pruetz, J.D., McGrew, W.C. "Termite de jour: termite fishing by West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli, Senegal."

Marchant, L.F. & McGrew, W.C. "Manual laterality in ant fishing by wild chimpanzees at Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania."

McGrew, W.C. "Mahale and Gombe compared: patterns of research on wild chimpanzees over four decades."

O'Malley, R.C. & McGrew, W.C. "Laterality of hand function in captive orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus."

Russak, S.M., McGrew, W.C. "Chimpanzees as fauna: comparisons of sympatric large mammals across longterm study sites."

 


Other Recent Publications

 

Brune, M., Brune-Cohrs, U., and McGrew, W.C. Psychiatric treatment

     for great apes? Science 306: 2039, 2004.

Byrne, R.W., Barnard, P.J., Davidson, I., Janik, V.M., McGrew, W.C.,

     Miklosi, A., and Wiessner, P. Understanding culture across species.

     TRENDS in Cognitive Science 8: 341-346, 2004.

Marchant, L.F. The limits of chimpanzee charity: Strategies of meat sharing

      in communities of wild apes. In: Welfare, Ethnicity, and Altruism:          Bringing in Evolutionary Theory , F. Salter, ed. London:   Frank           Cass Publishers, 2004.

McGrew, W.C. The Cultured Chimpanzee:   Reflections on Cultural

     Primatology, Cambridge University Press, 2004, 248 pp.

McGrew, W.C. Primatology: Advanced ape technology. Current Biology

     14: 1046-1047, 2004.

McGrew, W.C. and Beuerlein, M.M. Obituary: Goblin. Primate Eye 84:

     33-34, 2004.

McGrew, W.C., Ensminger, A., Marchant, L.F., Pruetz, J., and Vigilant,       L. Genotyping aids field study of unhabituated chimpanzees. American 

     Journal of Primatology 63 : 87-93, 2004.

Ramsey, J.K. Object play in great apes: Studies in nature and captivity. In:

    The Nature of Play, A. Pellegrini & P. Smith, eds. New York: The

    Guilford Press, 2005.


 

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