Why do we still want to be with and communicate with someone even when you can live by yourself? I have been having this question since my adolescence, which led me to study social interactions ingroup-living animals. I have been studying wild bonobos at Wamba, Luo Scientific Reserve, DR Congo since 2011. My research focuses on within-group female cooperation and aggregation, as well as social interactions across groups. I also started observing wild chimpanzees at Kalinzu forest, Uganda in 2016.
Keywords
- Ingroup and inter-group social relationships
- Evolution of female-female relationships
- Aggression and conflict management
Peer reviewed papers
Book chapters
- Bonobo Matriarchs Lead the Way", Inside Science, 17th Mar 2017. https://www.insidescience.org/news/bonobo-matriarchs-lead-way
- "'Hippie' apes seen eating their own dead children", BBC Earth, 26th Oct 2016. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161026-hippie-apes-seen-eating-their-own-dead-children
- “In the Bonobo World, Female Camaraderie Prevails”, The New York Times, 10th Sep 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/science/bonobos-apes-matriarchy.html
- "Bonobos Form All-Female Coalitions to Target Violent Males", The Science Explorer, 20th Jul 2016. http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/bonobos-form-all-female-coalitions-target-violent-males
- "Female bonobos shut down violent males. Here's what humans can learn from them", Upworthy, 4th Aug 2016. http://www.upworthy.com/female-bonobos-shut-down-violent-males-heres-what-humans-can-learn-from-them
- "Bonobos are caring because they are led by females", New Scientist, 7th Mar 2012. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328553-800-bonobos-are-caring-because-they-are-led-by-females
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