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David
P. Watts
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David
P. Watts (Ph.D., Chicago 1983) is a Professor of
Anthropology. whose research speciality is the behavior
and ecology of nonhuman primates. He has done fieldwork
in Panama (behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys),
Rwanda (behavioral ecology of mountain gorillas), and
Uganda (behavioral ecology of chimpanzees). He was the
Director of the Karisoke Research Centre in Rwanda for
two years. In collaboration with Dr. Jeremiah Lwanga
and Dr. John Mitani, he has maintained a research project
on chimpanzee behavior at Ngogo, Kibale National Park,
Uganda since 1995. He teaches courses on primate behavior
and ecology, evolutionary approaches to human behavior,
cognitive ethology, nonhuman primate models for human
evolution, hunter-gatherer societies, and primate conservation.
His graduate students have done research on a wide range
of topics, including chimpanzee behavior; behavioral
ecology of red colobus monkeys, black-and-white colobus
monkeys, and spider monkeys; positional behavior of
old world monkeys; chimpanzee behavioral endocrinology;
the evolutionary genetics of gorillas; and the population
genetics and mating system of sifakas.
Mailing
address:
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
P. O. Box 208277
New Haven, CT 06520-8277
Office address:
Room 210, 10 Sachem Street
Tel: (203) 432-9597
Fax: (203) 432-3669
Email: david.watts@yale.edu
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