{"id":206,"date":"2017-04-11T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2017-05-12T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:51:47","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research in our lab focuses on the evolution and ecology of social behavior\u00a0in humans and our closest living relatives.<\/h1>\n

We currently have several on-going projects:<\/p>\n

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Cooperation among the Tsimane\u2019 of Bolivia<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of an on-going collaboration with the Tsimane\u2019 Health and Life History Project<\/a>, we study the function<\/a> and hormonal bases<\/a> of cooperation among the indigenous Tsimane\u2019 of the Bolivian Amazon. Furthermore, we are interested in how differences in socio-ecology \u2013 ranging from relatively isolated, egalitarian communities to more market-integrated, hierarchical ones \u2013 impact cooperation strategies<\/a> and health outcomes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nCooperation among female bonobos at LuiKotale, DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Led by postdoc Liza Moscovice<\/a> and in collaboration with LuiKotale directors Barbara Fruth<\/a> and Gottfried Hohmann<\/a>, we are investigating the function and hormonal bases of cooperation among female bonobos, both within and between communities. This project is funded by the Leakey Foundation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nComparative approaches to the evolution and ecology of behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n

Identifying consistent patterns in behavior \u2013 across species or populations \u2013 and the associated socio-ecological factors can provide powerful tests of adaptive hypotheses. To this end we cultivate strengths in modern phylogenetic methods and use them to complement our empirical field work. Recent comparative studies include the evolution of food sharing in primates<\/a>, meta-analyses of reciprocity in food sharing among humans and other primates<\/a> and the link between men\u2019s status and fitness<\/a>, a comparative perspective on human grooming<\/a>, and a phylogenetic re-analysis of polygyny in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample, led by Master\u2019s student Riana Minocher.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Research in our lab focuses on the evolution and ecology of social behavior\u00a0in humans and our closest living relatives. We currently have several on-going projects:   \u00a0 Cooperation among the Tsimane\u2019 of Bolivia As part of an on-going collaboration with the Tsimane\u2019 Health and Life History Project, we study the function and hormonal bases of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4474,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/jaeggilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}