Thore Bergman

I am a Professor of Psychology and EEB at the University of Michigan. I am interested in social behavior and social cognition from an evolutionary perspective. My research on social cognition in primates focuses on the cognitive abilities that underlie social behavior. Specifically, I look at how dominance and family relationships structure primate social groups […]

Jacinta Beehner

The overarching theme of my research has been to identify situations where male and female reproduction come into conflict with one another. When animals sexually reproduce, one sex generally invests more in the production and care of offspring than another. In mammalian species, this is typically the female, due to the high costs of gestation […]

Marcela Benítez

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Emory broadly ​interested in the evolution of primate social cognition, the mechanisms that influence social choices, and the context in which these decisions are adaptive. My work unpacks both proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social decision-making in primates, offering a promising avenue for understanding […]