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SUMMARY:Social evolution in human and non-human primates - Dr Kit Opie\, U
 niversity College London
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:Why are primates so social compared to other mammals and why a
 re so many species monogamous? Evolutionary anthropologists aim to identif
 y the drivers of behavioural change\, particularly social behaviour across
  human and non-human primates\, to answer these kinds of questions. Howeve
 r\, behaviour does not fossilise well. We must therefore resort to probabi
 listic methods to try to reconstruct the past. Fortunately\, the latest Ba
 yesian phylogenetic comparative methods allow us to reconstruct ancestral 
 behaviour\, test for correlated evolution between traits\, and determine r
 elative timing of trait change to identify drivers of social evolution. I 
 apply these techniques to uncover the traits that are implicated in social
  change across all primates and also in humans\, where archaeological and 
 written records are absent.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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