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Simone Teelen
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Simone Teelen (PhD Yale 2005) is a Research Affiliate with the Department of Anthropology. Her research interests focus on primate behavior, conservation and wildlife management. Simone was trained in classical zoology, ecology and biochemistry while being a student at the University of Braunschweig in Germany, and acquired a Master degree in Conservation Studies from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She then continued her education in the US at Duke and at Yale concentrating on wildlife ecology and primates. In her dissertation she assessed the impact of hunting by chimpanzees on red colobus demography, anti-predator behavior, habitat use, feeding ecology, and social behavior at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. The main focus of Simone’s research lies in the role of predation in the evolution of primate social systems; a topic that is still a question of much debate. Her research uses field work data to address theoretical research questions which have broad implications for a wide range of issues, such as our understanding of population dynamics, conservation research, and human evolution, and in particular for the theory of predator-prey systems and the evolution of primate social systems.
Mailing address:
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
P. O. Box 208277
New Haven, CT 06520-8277
Email: simone.teelen@yale.edu
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