Primate Reproductive Ecology and Evolution
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Welcome to the Primate Reproductive Ecology and Evolution group at NYU. We study the evolutionary and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, with a focus on sexual selection, reproduction, and communication.
Recent News
Selected recent (2014 - present) press coverage
News about Cayo Santiago
Updates Post-Hurricane Maria
After a unique macaque colony off the island's coast was hit by Hurricane Maria, its caretakers are rushing to save it—and themselves.
Autism research suffered a significant setback after an island used for scientific study was ravaged by Hurricane Maria.
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Research
Our overall goal is to study genetical, morphological, physiological and behavioral aspects of primate reproductive strategies as shaped by sexual selection. Much of our work has a particular focus on communication and sensory and perceptual ecology, as well as the neuroendocrinological, physiological, and immunological processes underlying mechanisms of competition and mate choice. Following Darwin, our research is structured around two related processes: the ways in which individuals compete with members of the same sex both directly and indirectly over reproductive opportunities (intra-sexual selection); and the ways in which individuals attract members of the opposite sex (inter-sexual selection).
The methods used in our lab are diverse, and include techniques from ethology, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, computer vision and machine learning, experimental and comparative psychology, endocrinology and immunology, and quantitative and functional genetics.
A summary of our recent work on adaptive coloration can be found on BBC Earth.
Field Sites
We are active at several field sites. Students may be able to undertake research at these sites, but are welcome to suggest others too.
Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. This island off the coast of Puerto Rico is home to over 1000 rhesus macaques and is administrated by the Caribbean Primate Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico. Our diverse work there includes collaborations with Lauren Brent (Exeter), Noah Snyder-Mackler (ArizonaStateU), Dario Maestripieri (UChicago), and Laurie Santos (Yale).
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia. This reserve in northern Sulawesi is home to several habituated groups of crested macaques, a critically endangered species of macaque known for its high levels of social tolerance between group members. The Macaca Nigra Project is hosted by the German Primate Center’s Jr Research Group on Sexual Selection, and is directed by Antje Engelhardt.
Gashaka, Nigeria
Gashaka, Nigeria. Gashaka-Gumti is Nigeria’s largest national park, and contains numerous primate species. Around the Kwano and Gashaka field stations are species including chimpanzees, baboons, tantalus monkeys, black and white colobus, putty-nosed guenons and mona monkeys. The site is directed by Volker Sommer (University College London), while the director of baboon research is Caroline Ross (Roehampton University, London).
Primate Hormones and Behavior Lab
We have our own laboratory, in which we measure primate hormonal, inflammatory, and immunological analytes.
Often, these analytes are measured as metabolites from excreta (feces and urine) collected from animals at our field sites. Technicians and students in the lab analyze these excreta using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs).
Many of our projects also include genetic analysis components, for which we regularly extract, quantify, and sequence DNA from feces, hair, saliva, and other biological samples using PCR, qPCR, and other standard laboratory techniques. We also analyze the DNA of microbes to integrate the microbiome into our projects.
Each of these laboratory processes allow researchers in our lab to study a range of important biological questions including reproductive strategies and the effects of processes such as sexual selection on animal biology across the lifespan at the molecular level, including during development and senescence.
People
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Christina Costa
PhD candidate
Alumni Lab Members
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(Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017-2024)
(Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2024)
(Lab Manager, 2022-2023)
(PhD student, 2016-2023)
(Postdoc Consultant, 2022-2023)
(Postdoc, 2018-2022)
(PhD Student, 2017-2022)
(PhD student, 2014-2021)
(Postdoc, then affiliated researcher, 2014-2021)
(PhD student, 2015-2021)
(PhD student, 2013-2021)
(PhD student, 2014-2021)
(MA student, 2017-2020)
(MA student, 2017-2020)
(PhD student, 2013-2019)
(PhD student, 2012-2019)
Benjamin Ragen
(Postdoc, 2015-2017)
(MA student, 2013-2015)
(Postdoc, 2012-2014)
Undergraduate Students
Current* & Alumni
Eva Merce-Fuentes
Ailin Xu
Gabby Galindo
Ruby Mustill
Maddy Hillegas
Sofia Villegas
Varvy Rousseau
Deanna Hartog
Allegra DePasquale
Noelle Desir
Lisa Ramirez
Elise Blegen
Judy Dang
Flavia Stanton
Constanza Galindo
Paul Brown
High School Students
Current* & Alumni
Bella Villanueva
Ahaylee Rahman
Ella Andonov
Giana Adote
Xinyi Gilda Gao
Tahsin Uddin
Emily Willett
Gabrielle Piña
Yovanna Smith
Djemila Campaore
Madison Mushnick
Etta Harshaw
Zofia Caes
Grace Passannante
Kelly Heinzerling
Cayo Santiago Research Assistants
Current* & Alumni
D. Kyle Breault*
Lilly Kurina*
Jamie Raupp*
Eva Merce-Fuentes
Francesca Kaser
Jovana Maksic
Brooklynn Scott
Natalia Melendez
Sylvia Silva
Andrea Rodriguez
Amy Sutley
Anita Montero
Yasmina Ahdab
Maddy Hillegas
Laura Gomez
Angelica Cruz
Becky LaVictoire
Gisela Crespo
Connie Rojas
Louisa Radosevich
Victoria Johnson
Publications
As Editor
Higham, J.P. & Roney, J. (Eds). (2017). Field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans. Hormones and Behavior 91.
Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. (Eds). (2013). Multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67 (9)
Higham, J.P. & Semple, S. (Eds). (2013). Primate signals. American Journal of Primatology 75 (7)
Higham, J.P. (Ed). (2009). Primate coloration:measurement, mechanisms and function. International Journal of Primatology 30 (6)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Alexopoulos, P, Fernandes, A.G., Ghassabi, Z., Zambrano, R., Vellappally, A., Shemuelian, E., Lee, TF, Hu, J., Burgos-Rodriguez, A., Martinez, M.I., Schuman, J.S., Melin, A.D., Higham, J.P., Danias, J. & Wollstein, G. (2024). Lamina cribrosa microstructure in nonhuman primates with naturally occurring peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science In Press
Covarrubias, B.V., Kamminga, J.M., Muchlinski, M.N., Munds, R.A., Villero Núñez, V, Bauman Surratt, S., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Melin, A.D. & Veilleux, C.C. (2024). Investigating mechanoreceptor variability and morphometric proxies in rhesus macaques: Implications for primate precision touch studies. The Anatomical Record A In Press
Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Beeby, N., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Associations between social behavior and proinflammatory immune activation are modulated by age in a free-ranging primate population. Animal Behaviour In Press
Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Heistermann, M., Gunson, J.L., Govaerts, A., Siame, S., Mustill, R.L., Hillegas, M., Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female Kinda baboons. Hormones and Behavior 165: 105632
Campos, F.A., Wikberg, E.C. Orkin, J.D., Park, Y., Snyder-Mackler, N., Cheves Hernandez, S., Lopez Navarro, R., Fedigan, L.M., Gurven, M., Higham, J.P., Jack, K.M. & Melin, A.D. (2024). Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of aging. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20230482
Cooper, E.C., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Demography and climate influence sex-specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population. Oikos e10624
Testard, C., Shergold, C., Acevedo-Ithier, A., Hart, J., Bernau, A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Watowich, M.M., Sanguinetti-Scheck, J.I. Montague, M.J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., Platt, M.L. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties. Science 384: 1330-1335Pavez-Fox, M.A., Escabi-Ruiz, C.M., Hart, J.D.A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Bauman, S.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Trade-offs between sociality and gastrointestinal parasite infection in the context of a natural disaster. Animal Behaviour 211: 147-161
Patterson, S.K., Andonov, E., Arre, A.M., Martínez, M.I., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Petersen, R.M., Phillips, D., Rahman, A., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Villanueva, I., Lea, A.J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Early life adversity has sex-dependent effects on survival across the lifespan in rhesus macaques. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20220456
Siracusa, E.R., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P. & Brent, L.J.N. (2024). Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20220462.
Watowich, M.M., Costa, C.E., Chiou., K., Goldman, E., Petersen, R.M., Patterson, S., Martinez, M., Sterner, K., Horvarth, J.E., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Brent, L,J.N., Higham, J.P., Lea, A.,J., Snyder-Mackler, Noah. (2024). Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate. Molecular Ecology e17445
DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Testard, C., Mercer, A., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Antón, A.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Wilson, M.A., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2024). Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome. Cell Genomics 4: 100589
Turcotte, C.M., Choi, A.M., Spear, J.K., Hernandez-Janer, E., Dickinson, E., Taboada, H.G., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Bauman, S.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Williams, S.A., Higham, J.P. & Antón, S.C. (2024). Quantifying the relationship between bone and soft tissue measures within the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 184: e24920
Turcotte, C.M., Choi, A.M., Spear, J.K., Hernandez-Janer, E., Dickinson, E., Taboada, H.G., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Bauman, S.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. (2024). Mechanical and morphometric approaches to body mass estimation in rhesus macaques: a test of skeletal variables. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 184: e24901
Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Marzan-Rivera, N., Watowich, M.M., Negron Del Valle, A.D., Pantoja, P., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Siracusa, E.R., Cooper, E.B., Negron Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A.R., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Martinez, M.I., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Sariol, C.A. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2024). Age, sex, and social environmental effects on immune cell composition in a free-ranging non-human primate. GeroScience 46: 2107-2122
Williams, H.J., Sridhar, V.H., Hurme, E., Gall, G.E., Borrego, N., Finerty, G.E., Couzin, I.D., Galizia, C.G., Dominy, N.J., Rowland, H.M., Hauber, M.E., Higham, J.P., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Melin, A.D. (2023) Sensory collectives in natural systems. eLife, 12:e88028.
Newman, L.E., Testard,C., DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Watowich, M.M., Janiak,M.C., Pavez-Fox, M.A., Sanchez Rosado, M.R., Cooper, E.B., Costa,C.E., Petersen, R.M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Montague, M.J., Platt,M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham J,P. (2023). The biology of aging in a social world: Insights from free-ranging rhesus macaques. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 105424
Beeby, N., Baden, A.L., & Higham, J.P. Urinary C-peptide and total triiodothyronine as energetic biomarkers for studies of lemurs. (2023). American Journal of Primatology 85: e23563
Watowich, M.M., Chiou, K.L., Graves, B., Montague, M.J., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Horvarth, J.E., Lu, A., Martinez, M.I., Platt M.L., Schneider-Crease., I.A., Lea., A.J. & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2023). Best practices for genotype imputation from low-coverage sequencing data in natural populations. Molecular Ecology Resources https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13854
Moreira, L.A.A.*, Merrigan-Johnson, C., Fetherstonhaugh, L., Parr, N.A., Higham, J.P., Melin, A.D. Assessing color cues of development, breeding status, and reproductive condition in facial skin of captive golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia). American Journal of Primatology 85: e23543
Patterson, S.K., Petersen, R., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Lea, A., & Higham, J.P. (2023). Natural animal populations as model systems for understanding early life adversity effects on aging. Integrative and Comparative Biology icad058
Aung, T., Hill, A.K., Pfefferle, D., McLester, E., Fuller, J., Lawrence, J.M., Garcia-Nisa, I., Kendal, R.L., Petersdorf, M., Higham, J.P., Galat, G., Lameira, A.R., Apicella, C.L., Barelli, C., Glenn, M.E., Ramos-Fernandez, G., Puts, D.A. (2023). Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates. Nature Communications 14: 4069
Peterson, S.M., Watowich, M.M., Renner, L., Martin, S., Offenberg, E., Lea, A., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N., Neuringer, M., & Ferguson, B. (2023). Genetic variants in melanogenesis proteins TYRP1 and TYR are associated with the golden rhesus macaque phenotype. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics jkad168
Fernandes, A.G., Alexopoulos, P., Burgos-Rodriguez, A., Martinez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Ghassibi, M., Leskov, I., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Danias, J., Wollstein, G., Higham, J.P.' & Melin, A.D. ' (2023). Age-related differences in ocular features of a naturalistic free-ranging population of rhesus macaques. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 64(7): 3 https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.64.7.3
'These authors contributed equally to this work
Higham, J.P., Cooper, E.B., Whalen, C., Stahl-Hennig, C., Giavedoni, L.D., & Heistermann, M. (2023). Urinary cytokine measurements do not reflect surgery-induced inflammation in rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology e23506 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23506
Higham, J.P. (2023). The sexual selection landscape and sexually-selected traits of the crested macaque (Macaca nigra). International Journal of Primatology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00354-x
Alvarez-Estape, M., Pawar, H., Fontsere, C., Trujillo, A. E., Gunson, J. L., Bergl, R. A.,Bermejo, M., Linder, J.M., McFarland, K., Oates, J.F., Sunderland-Groves, J.L., Orkin, Higham, J.P., Viaud-Martinez, K.A., Lizano, E., and Marques-Bonet, T. (2023). Past connectivity but recent inbreeding in cross river gorillas determined using whole genomes from single hairs. Genes 14(3), 743. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14030743
Siracusa, E.R., Pereira, A.S., Bohr Brask, J., Negron-Del Valle, J., Phillips, D., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. & Brent, L.J.N. (2023). Ageing in a collective: the impact of ageing individuals on social network structure.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378: 20220061https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstb.2022.0061
Higham, J.P. (2022). Evolution: Kin selection spreads eLife 11:e84142. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84142
Siracusa, E.R., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Within-individual changes reveal increasing social selectivity with age in rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(49): e2209180119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209180119
Moreira, L.A.A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Higham, J.P. & Melin, A.D. (2022). Evaluating genital skin color variation as a putative sexual signal in wild populations of saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology e23456 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23456
Colby, A.E., DeCasien, A.R., Cooper, E.B. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Greater variability in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) endocranial volume among males than females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220728. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0728
Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Rees, K.P, Testard, C., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Pliner, H.A., Tremblay, S., Mercer, A., Whalen, C.J., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Janiak, M.C., Bauman Surratt, S.E., González, O., Compo, N.R., Stock, M.K., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Wilson, M.A., Melin, A.D., Antón, S.C., Walker, C.S., Sallet, J., Newbern, J.M., Starita, L.M., Shendure, J., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience 25:1714–1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01197-0
Pavez-Fox, M.A., Kimock, C.M., Rivera-Barreto, N., Negrón-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., Siracusa, E.R. & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Reduced injury risk links sociality to survival in a group-living primate. iScience 105454 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105454
Petersen, R.M., Bergey, C.M., Roos, C. & Higham,J.P. (2022). Relationship between genome-wide and MHC class I and II genetic diversity and complementarity in a nonhuman primate. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9346. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9346
Cooper, E.B., Watowich, M.M., Beeby, N., Whalen,C., Montague, M.J., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Higham, J.P. (2022). Concentrations of urinary neopterin, but not suPAR, positively correlate with age in rhesus macaques. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1007052 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1007052
Schneider-Crease, I., Weyher, A.H., Mubemba, B., Kamilar, J.M., Petersdorf, M., & Chiou, K.L. (2022). Stronger maternal social relationships and higher rank are associated with accelerated infant maturation in Kinda baboons. Animal Behaviour 189: 47-57 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.011
Cooper, E.B., Brent, L.J.N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Singh, M., Sengupta, A., Khatiwada, S., Malaivijitnond, S., Qi Hai, Z. & Higham, J.P. (2022). The natural history of model organisms: The rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene. eLife 11: e78169 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78169
DeCasien, A.R., Trujillo, A.E., Janiak, M.C., Harshaw, E.P., Caes, Z.N., Galindo, G.A., Petersen R.M. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Equivocal evidence for a link between megalencephaly-related genes and primate brain size evolution. Scientific Reports 12: 10902 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12953-4
Munds, R.A., Cooper, E., Janiak, M.C., Lam, L.G., DeCasien, A.R., Bauman Surratt, S., Montague, M., Martinez, M., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S., Higham,J.P. ' & Melin, A.D. ' (2022). Variation and heritability of retinal coneratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaque. Evolution 76(8):1776-1789 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14552
'These authors contributed equally to this work
Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Simulated evolution of mating signal diversification in a primate radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 209: 20220734 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0734
Kimock, C.M., Dubuc, C., Brent, L.J.N. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour 187: 281-290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.011
Testard, C., Brent, L.J.N., Andersson, J., Chiou, K.L., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., DeCasien, A.R., Acevedo-Ithier, A.R., Stock, M.K., Antón, S.A., Gonzalez, O., Walker, C.S., Foxley, S., Compo, N.R., Bauman, S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Skene, J.H.P, Horvath, J.E., Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Higham, J.P., Miller, K., Snyder-Mackler, N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., & Sallet, J. (2022). Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate society. Science Advances 18:15 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl5794
DeCasien, A.R., Barton, R.A., & Higham,J.P. (2022). Understanding the human brain: insights from comparative biology. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26:5 432-445
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.003
Lee, D.S., Knittel, T., Deschner, T.,Heistermann, H. & Higham, J.P. (2022). Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques. Hormones and Behavior 139: 105123 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105123
Siracusa, E., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., & Brent, L.J.N. (2022). Social aging: exploring the drivers of late-life changes in social behavior in mammals. Biology Letters 18:20210643 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0643
Watowich, M.M., Chiou, K.L, Montague, M.J., Simons, N.D., Horvarth, J.E., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martinez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Natural disaster and immunological aging in a nonhuman primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119:8 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121663119
DeLacey, P.M., Perlman, R.F., Sen, S., Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Higham, J.P., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Beehner, J.C. & Bergman, T.J. (2022). Assessing male gelada chest patches: color measurement and physiological mechanisms. Mammalian Biology 102: 751–763 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00211-5
Turcotte, C.M., Mann, E.H.J., Stock, M.K., Villamil, C.I., Montague, M.J., Dickinson, E., Bauman Surratt, S., Martinez, M., Williams, S.A., Antón, S.C. & Higham, J.P. (2022). The ontogeny of sexualdimorphism in free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 314-327 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24442
Lee, D.S., Kang, Y., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Higham, J.P. (2021). The observed pattern and hidden process of female reproductive trajectories across the lifespan in a nonhuman primate. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2901-2914 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13590
Petersen, R.M., Heistermann, M., & Higham, J.P. (2021). Social and sexual behaviors predict immune system activation, but not adrenocortical activation, in male rhesus macaques. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 75: 159 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03083-4
Pavez-Fox, M., Montague. M.J., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler M., Higham, J.P., & Brent, L.J.N. (2021). Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior 241: 113560 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113560
Higham, J.P. (2021). Studying the colors of monkeys: a comment on Caro et al. 2021. Behavioral Ecology 32: 570-571 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab049
Cerrito, P. & DeCasien, A.R. (2021). The expression of care: Alloparental care frequency predicts neural control of facial muscles in primates. Evolution 75-7: 1727-1737 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14275
Testard, C., Larson, S.M., Watowich, M., Kaplinsky, C.H., Bernau, A., Faulder, M., Marshall, H.H., Lehmann, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Higham, J.P., Montague, M., Snyder-Mackler, N., Platt, M.L., & Brent, L.J.N. (2021). Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster. Current Biology 31:2299-2309 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029
Melin, A.D., Orkin, J.D., Janiak, M.C., Valenzuela, A., Kuderna, L., Marrone III, F., Ramangason, H., Horvath, J.E., Roos, C., Kitchener, A.C., Khor, C.C., Lim, W.K., Lee, J.G.H., Tan, P., Umapathy, G., Raveendram, M., Harris, R.A., Gut, I., Gut, M., Lizano, E., Nadler, T., Zinner, D., Le, M.D., Manu, S., Rabarivola, C.J., Zaraomody, A., Andriaholinirina, N., Johnson, S.E., Jarvis, E.D., Fredigo, O., Wu, D., Zhang, G. Farh, K.K.H., Rogers, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Navarro, A., Juan, D., Arora, P.S. & Higham, J.P. (2021). Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises. American Journal of Primatology 83,e23255 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23255
Janiak, M.C., Montague, M.J., Villamil, C.I., Stock, M.J., Trujillo, A.E., DePasquale, A., Orkin, J., Bauman Surratt, S., Gonzalez, O., Platt, M.L., Martinez, M., Antón S., Dominguez-Bello, M.G., Melin, A.D., & Higham, J.P. (2021). Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiome 9: 68 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01009-w
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Widdig, A., & Engelhardt, A. (2021). Female fertile phase synchrony, and male mating and reproductive skew, in the crested macaque. Scientific Reports 11: 4251 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81163-1
Colby, A.E., Kimock, C.M., & Higham, J.P. (2021). Endocranial volume is variable and heritable, but not related to fitness, in a free-ranging primate. Scientific Reports 11: 4235 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81265-w
Higham, J.P., Kimock, C.M., Mandalaywala, T.M., Heistermann M., Cascio, J., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., & Dubuc, C. (2021). Female ornaments: is red skin color attractive to males and related to condition in rhesus macaques? Behavioral Ecology 32: 236-247 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa121
Ghazanfar, A.A., Kelly, L.M.,Takahashi, D.Y., Winters, S., Terrett, R. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Domestication phenotype linked to vocal communication in a nonhuman primate. Current Biology 30: 5026-5032 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.049
Melin, A.D., Janiak, M.C., Marrone, F., Arora, P.S., & Higham, J.P. (2020). Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk. Communications Biology 3: 641 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01370-w
DeCasien, A.R. & Higham, J.P. (2020). Relative cerebellum size is not sexually dimorphic across primates. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 95: 93-101 https://doi.org/10.1159/000509070
Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Goldman, E.A., Watowich, M.M, Sams, S.N., Song, J., Horvath, J.E., Sterner, K.N., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N, Platt, M.L., & Snyder-Mackler, N. (2020). Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model ofhuman ageing. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 375:20190612 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0612
Lee, D.S., Mandalaywala, T., Dubuc, C., Widdig, A., & Higham, J.P. (2020). Higher early life mortality with lower infant body mass in a free‐ranging primate. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:2300-2310 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13291
Petersen, R.M. & Higham, J.P. (2020).The role of sexual selection in the evolution of facial displays in male nonhuman primates and men. Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology 6:249–276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00139-z
DeCasien, A.R., Sherwood C.C., Schapiro, S.J., & Higham, J.P. (2020). Greater variability in chimpanzee (Pantroglodytes) brain structure among males. Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B 287: 20192858 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2858
Higham, J.P., Stahl-Hennig, C., & Heistermann, M. (2020). Urinary suPAR: a non-invasive biomarker of infection and tissue inflammation for use in studies of large free-ranging mammals. Royal Society Open Science 7: 191825 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191825
Thompson, N.A., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Vogel, E.R., & Cords, M. (2020). Energy balance but not competitive environment corresponds with allostatic load during development in an Old World monkey. Hormones and Behavior 119: 104664 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104664
Winters, S., Allen, W.L., & Higham, J.P. (2020).The structure of species discrimination signals across a primate radiation. eLife 9: e47428 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47428
Young, M.I.M., Winters, S.,Young, C., Weiß, B.M., Troscianko, J., Ganswindt, A., Barrett, L., Henzi, S.P., Higham, J.P., & Widdig, A. (2020). Male characteristics as predictors of genital color and display variation in vervet monkeys. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74:14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2787-4
Kimock, C., Dubuc, C., Brent, L.J.N., & Higham, J.P. (2019). Male morphological traits are heritable but do not predict reproductive success in a sexually-dimorphic primate. Scientific Reports 9: 19794 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52633-4
Fischer, J.`, Higham, J.P.`, Alberts, S.C., Barrett, L., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Carter, A.J., Collins A., Elton, S., Fagot, J., Ferreira da Silva, M.J., Hammerschmidt, K., Henzi, P., Jolly, C., Knauf, S., Kopp, G.H., Rogers, J., Roos, C., Ross, C., Seyfarth, R.M., Silk, J., Snyder-Mackler, N., Städele, V., Swedell, L., Wilson, M.L, & Zinner, D. (2019). Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies. eLife 8:e50989 https://doi.org/10.7554%2FeLife.50989
`These authors contributed equally to this work
Higham, J.P. (2019). A comparative perspective on measures of cycle phase, and how they relate to cues, signals, and mating behavior: a commentary on Gangestad et al. Evolution and Human Behavior 40: 533-536 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.08.007
Moreira, L.A.A., Duytschaever, G., Higham,J.P., & Melin, A.D. (2019). Platyrrhine color signals: New horizons to pursue. Evolutionary Anthropology 28: 236-248 https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21798
DeCasien, A.R. & Higham, J.P. (2019). Primate mosaic brain evolution reflects selection on sensory and cognitive specialization. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1483–1493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0969-0
Petersdorf, M., Weyher, A.H., Kamilar, J.M., Dubuc, C., & Higham, J.P. (2019). Sexual selection in the Kinda baboon. Journal of Human Evolution 135: 102635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.06.006
Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., & Garcia, C. (2019). The redder the better? Information content of red skin coloration in female Japanese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2712-x
Williamson, C.M., Lee, W., DeCasien, A.R., Lanham, A., Romeo, R.D., & Curley, J.P. (2019). Social hierarchy position in female mice is associated with plasma corticosterone levels and hypothalamic gene expression. Scientific Reports 9: 7324. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43747-w
Lee, D.S., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., & Higham,J.P. (2019). Higher offspring mortality with short interbirth intervals in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116: 6057-6062 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817148116
Rosenfield, K.A., Semple, S.,Georgiev, A.V., Maestripieri, D., Higham, J.P., & Dubuc, C. (2019). Experimental evidence that female rhesus macaques Macaca mulatta perceive variation in male facial masculinity. Royal Society Open Science 6: 181415 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsos.181415
Ma, W.J. & Higham, J.P. (2018). The role of familiarity in signaler-receiver interactions. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20180568 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0568
DeCasien, A.R., Thompson, N.A., Williams, S.A., & Shattuck, M.R. (2018). Encephalization and longevity evolved in a correlated fashion in Euarchontoglires but not in other mammals. Evolution 72:2617-2631 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13633
Higham J.P. & Dominy N.J. (2018). The promise of primatology fulfilled? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166:783–790 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23620
Dominy, N.J., Winters, S., Pease, D.E., & Higham, J.P. (2018). Dr Seuss and the real Lorax. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1196–1198 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0628-x
Mandalaywala, T.M., Petrullo, L., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D., & Higham, J.P. (2017). Vigilance for threat accounts for inter-individual variation in physiological responses to adversity in rhesus macaques: a cognition x environment approach. Developmental Psychobiology 59: 1031-1038 https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fdev.21572
Petersdorf, M., Dubuc, C., Georgiev, A.V, Winters, S., & Higham, J.P. (2017). Is the red facial coloration of male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) subject to intrasexual selection? Behavioral Ecology 28: 1472-1481 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farx110
Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A.D., Allen, W.L., Dubuc, C., & Higham, J.P. (2017). Experimental evidence that primate trichromacy is well suited for detecting primate social colour signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162458 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2016.2458
Roney, J.R. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Synthesizing research on field endocrinology of nonhuman primates and humans. Hormones and Behavior 91: 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.03.011
DeCasien, A.R., Williams, S.A., & Higham, J.P. (2017). Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1:0112 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0112
Hammond, A.S., Johnson, V.P., & Higham, J.P. (2017). Hip joint mobility in free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162: 377-384 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23112
Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Suzumura, T., Furuichi,T., & Garcia, C. (2017). Testing for links between face color and age, dominance status, parity, weight, and intestinal nematode infection in a sample of female Japanese macaques. Primates 58: 83-91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0575-6
Petrullo, L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K., Maestripieri, D., & Higham, J.P. (2016). Effects of early-life adversity on cortisol/salivary alpha-amylase symmetry in free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques. Hormones and Behavior 86: 78-84 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.yhbeh.2016.05.004
Higham, J.P. (2016). Field endocrinology of nonhuman primates: past, present and future. Hormones and Behavior 84:145-155 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.07.001
Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Cascio, J., Lee, D.S., Maestripieri, D., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., & Higham, J.P. (2016). Who cares? Experimental attention biases provide new insights into a mammalian sexual signal. Behavioral Ecology 27: 68-74 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv117
Grueter, C.C., Zhu, P., Allen,W.L., Higham, J.P., Ren, B., & Li, M. (2015). Sexually-selected lip colour indicates male group-holding status in the mating season in a multi-level primate society. Royal Society Open Science 2:150490 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150490
Heistermann, M. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Urinary neopterin, a non-invasive marker of mammalian cellular immune activation, is highly stable under field conditions. Scientific Reports 5: 16308 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16308
Fischer, J., Wheeler, B.C., & Higham, J.P. (2015). Is there any evidence for vocal learning in chimpanzee food calls? Current Biology 25, R1-R2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.010
Rigaill, L., MacIntosh, A.J.J., Higham, J.P., Winters, S., Shimizu, K., Mouri, K., Takeshi, F., & Garcia, C. (2015). Multimodal advertisement of pregnancy in free-ranging female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). PLOS One 10(8): e0135127 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135127
Higham, J.P., Kraus, C., Stahl-Hennig, C.,Engelhardt, A., Fuchs, D., & Heistermann, M. (2015). Evaluating non-invasive markers of non-human primate immune activation and inflammation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 673-684 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22821
Winters, S., Dubuc, C., & Higham, J.P. (2015). The looking time experimental paradigm in studies of animal visual perception and cognition. Ethology 121: 625-640 https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12378
Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Assessing the potential information content of multicomponent visual signals: A machine learning approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20142284 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2284
Hughes, K.D., Higham, J.P., Allen,W.L., Elliot, A.J., & Hayden, B.Y. (2015). Extraneous red drives female macaques’ gaze toward photographs of male conspecifics. Evolution and Human Behavior 36: 25-31 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.08.003
MacLarnon, A.M., Sommer, V., Goffe, A.S., Higham, J.P., Lodge, E., Tkaczynski, P., & Ross, C. (2015). Assessing adaptability and reactive scope: a new measure and a case study of environmental stress in forest-living baboons. General and Comparative Endocrinology 215: 10-24 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.09.022
Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W.L., Brent, L.J.N., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D.M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A., & Higham, J.P. (2014). Sexually-selected skin color is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141602 https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2014.1602
Dubuc, C., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A. (2014). Variance in male lifetime reproductive success and estimation of the degree of polygyny in a primate. Behavioral Ecology 25: 878-889 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru052
Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Parker, K.J., & Maestripieri D. (2014). Physiological and behavioral stress responses to weaning conflict in free-ranging primate infants. Animal Behaviour 91: 241-247 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.anbehav.2014.09.016
Allen, W.L., Stevens, M., & Higham, J.P. (2014). Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals. Nature Communications 5: 4266 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5266
Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. (2014). The costs of reproductive success in Cayo Santiago male rhesus macaques. International Journal of Primatology 35: 661-676 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-014-9789-x
Dubuc, C., Allen, W.L., Maestripieri, D., & Higham, J.P. (2014). Is male rhesus macaque red colour ornamentation attractive to females? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1215-1224 https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00265-014-1732-9
Higham, J.P. (2014). How does honest costly signaling work? Behavioral Ecology 25: 8-11 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art097
Allen, W.A., Scott-Samuel, N.E., Baddeley, R.J., & Cuthill, I.C. (2013). The evolution and function of pattern diversity on snakes. Behavioral Ecology 24: 1237-1250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art058
Dubuc, C., Coyne, S.P., & Maestripieri, D. (2013). Effect of mating activity and dominance rank on male masturbation among free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Ethology 119:1-8 https://doi.org/10.1111%2Feth.12146
Higham, J.P. & Hebets, E.A. (2013). An introduction to multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1381-1388 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1007/s00265-013-1590-x
Wilson A., Dean, M., & Higham, J.P. (2013). A game theoretic approach to multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1399-1415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1589-3
Higham, J.P., Pfefferle, D., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D., & Stevens, M. (2013). Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: barks and sex skin coloration in relation to androgen levels, social status and mating behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1457-1469 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1521-x
Semple, S. & Higham, J.P. (2013). Primate signals: Current issues and perspectives. American Journal of Primatology 75: 613-620 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22139
Rigaill, L., Higham, J.P., Lee, PC., Blin, A., & Garcia, C. (2013). Multimodal sexual signaling and mating behavior in olive baboons (Papio anubis). American Journal of Primatology 75: 774-787 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22154
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., & Maestripieri, D. (2013). The endocrinology of male rhesus macaque social and reproductive status: a test of the challenge and social stress hypotheses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 19-30 https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00265-012-1420-6
Allen, W.L. & Higham, J.P. (2013). Analyzing visual signals as visual scenes. American Journal of Primatology 75: 664-682 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22129
Allen, W.A., Baddeley, R.J., Cuthill, I.C., & Scott-Samuel, N.E. (2013). A quantitative test of the predicted relationships between countershading and lighting environment. The American Naturalist 180: 762-776
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Saggau, C., Agil, M., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., & Engelhardt, A. (2012). Sexual signaling in the crested macaque and the evolution of primate fertility signals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 89 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-89
Mandalaywala, T.M., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Infant bystanders modulate the effects of ovarian hormones on socio-sexual behaviour in free-ranging female rhesus macaques. Behaviour 148: 1137-1155 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/23034213
Higham, J.P., Girard-Buttoz, C., Engelhardt, A., & Heistermann, M. (2011). Urinary C-peptide of insulin as a non-invasive marker of nutritional status: some practicalities. PLoS One 6: e22398 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022398
Higham, J.P., Hughes, K.D., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc,C., Engelhardt, A., Heistermann, M., Maestripieri, D., Santos, L.R., & Stevens, M. (2011). Familiarity affects assessment of facial signals of female fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 3452-3458 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0052
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Prendergast, B., Coe, C., & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Immune function and HPA axis activity in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Physiology and Behavior 104: 507-514 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.physbeh.2011.05.021
Girard-Buttoz, C., Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Wedegärtner, S., Maestripieri, D., & Engelhardt, A. (2011). Urinary c-peptide measurement as a marker of nutritional status in macaques. PLoSOne 6: e18042 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018042
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., & Maestripieri, D. (2011). The energetics of male-male endurance rivalry in rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour 81: 1001-1007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.001
Higham, J.P., Barr, C.S., Hoffman, C.L., Mandalaywala, T.M., Parker, K.J., & Maestripieri, D. (2011). Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques. Behavioral Neuroscience 125: 131-136 https://doi.org/10.1037%2Fa0022695
De Vere, R., Warren, Y.,Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M.E., & Higham, J.P. (2011). Nest site ecology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon, with special reference to anthropogenic influence. American Journal of Primatology 73: 253-26 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20886
Higham, J.P. & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Revolutionary coalitions in male rhesus macaques. Behaviour 147:1889-1908 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1163/000579510X539709
Higham, J.P., Vitale, A.B., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E., & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Measuring salivary analytes from free-ranging monkeys. Physiology & Behavior 101: 601-607 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.physbeh.2010.09.003
Hoffman, C.L., Higham, J.P., Mas-Rivera, A., Ayala, J.E., & Maestripieri, D. (2010). Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. Behavioral Ecology 21: 972-978 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farq098
Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Accamando, A,K., Engelhardt, A., Gerald, M.S., Heistermann, M., & Stevens, M. (2010). Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque. Behavioral Ecology 21: 739-746 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbeheco%2Farq047
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A.M., Heistermann, M., Ross, C., & Semple, S. (2009). Self-directed behaviours and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons. Stress 12: 526-533 https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890902756565
Higham, J.P. (2009). Primate Coloration – An introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Primatology 30: 749-751 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9381-y
Marty, J.M., Higham, J.P., Gadsby, E.L., & Ross, C. (2009). Color, dominance and social and sexual behavior in male drills. International Journal of Primatology 30:807-823 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9382-x
Stevens, M., Stoddard, M.C., & Higham, J.P. (2009). Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent methods. International Journal of Primatology 30: 893-917 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-009-9356-z
Higham, J.P., Semple, S. MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M., & Ross, C. (2009). Female reproductive signals, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon. Hormones and Behavior 55: 60-67 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.007
Higham, J.P., Warren, Y., Adanu, J. Bubu, U., MacLarnon, A., Sommer, V., & Ross, C. (2009). Living on the edge: Life-history of olive baboons at Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria. American Journal of Primatology 71: 293-304 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20651
Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C., Heistermann, M., & Semple, S. (2008). Baboon sexual swellings: Information content of size and color. Hormones and Behavior 53: 452-462 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.019
Higham, J.P., Heistermann, M., Ross, C., Semple, S., & MacLarnon, A. (2008). The timing of ovulation with respect to sexual swelling detumescence in wild olive baboons. Primates 49: 295-299 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-008-0099-9
Higham, J.P., Ross, C., Warren, Y., Heistermann, M., & MacLarnon, A. (2007). Reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural consumption of the African black plum (Vitex doniana). Hormones and Behavior 52: 384-390 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.06.003
Asakura, T., Umemura, K., Nakazawa, Y., Hirose, H., Higham, J.P., & Knight, D. (2007). Some observations on the structure and function of the spinning apparatus in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Biomacromolecules 8: 175-181 https://doi.org/10.1021/bm060874z
Higham, J.P. & Gosler, A.G. (2006). Speckled eggs: water loss and incubation behaviour in the Great tit Parus major. Oecologia 149: 561-570 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0484-2
Gosler, A.G., Higham, J.P., & Reynolds, S.J. (2005). Why are birds’ eggs speckled? Ecology Letters 8: 1105-1113 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00816.x
Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries
Winters, S., Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2019). Charles Darwin and selection in relation to sex in the colors of monkeys. In: Darwin’s roadmap to the curriculum: Evolutionary studies in Higher Education. Oxford UniversityPress: New York.
Petersen R.M. (2019). Female choice. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Vonk J & Shackelford TK (eds). Springer, Cham.
Petersen R.M. (2019). Ejaculate. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Vonk J & Shackelford TK (eds). Springer, Cham.
Winters S. (2019). Aposematism. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Vonk J & Shackelford TK (eds). Springer, Cham.
Winters S. (2019). Ornamentation. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Vonk J & Shackelford TK (eds). Springer, Cham.
Petersen R.M., Dubuc C., Higham, J.P. (2018). Facial displays of dominance in non-human primates. In: The Facial Displays of Leaders. Ed Senior, C. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Mating systems, Primates. In: International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken: New Jersey.
Higham, J.P. (2017). Sperm competition. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: NewJersey.
Higham, J.P. & Petersdorf, M. (2017). Sexual swellings. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.
Petersdorf, M. & Higham, J.P. (2017). Mating systems. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. WileyBlackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.
Higham, J.P. (2016). Multimodal Communication. In: The missing lemur link: an ancestral step in human evolution (Palagi, E. & Norscia I.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
Higham, J.P. & Dubuc, C. (2015). The evolution of female fertility signals in macaques. In: eLS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences). Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey.
Higham, J.P. & Winters, S. (2015). Color and mate choice in nonhuman animals. In: The handbook of color psychology Eds Elliot, A.J. & Fairchild, M.D. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. pp 502-530. ISBN: 978-1-107-04323-7
Higham, J.P. (2013). Primate visual signals. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology McGraw-Hill Professional: New York
Warren, Y., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A. & Ross, C. (2011). Crop-raiding and commensalism: the costs and benefits of living with humans. In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.
Ross, C., Warren, Y., MacLarnon, A. & Higham, J.P. (2011). How different are Gashaka’s baboons? A comparison of forest-living and open-country populations.
In: Primates of Gashaka Eds. Sommer, V & Ross, C. Developments in primatology: progress and prospects. Springer. Series Ed. Tuttle, R.H.
Other journal publications
Setchell, J.M., Fernandez-Duque, E., Higham, J.P., Rothman, J.M., & Schulke, O. (2016). Editorial: Changes and clarifications to the policies of the International Journal of Primatology to promote transparency and open communication. International Journal of Primatology 37:617-627
DeCasien, A.R., Evans, K.D., Fuong, H., Lee, D.S., Petersdorf, M., Petersen, R.M., Shackelford, C.M. (2016). Crickette, M., Sanz, Josep Call, and Christophe Boesch (Eds.): Tool Use in Animals: Cognition and Ecology. International Journal of Primatology 37: 608-611
Petersdorf, M., & Higham, J.P. (2015). Liebal, K., Waller, B.M., Burrows, A.M., Slocombe, K.E.: Primate Communication: A Multimodal Approach. International Journal of Primatology 36: 1055-1059
Winters, S. & Higham, J.P. (2015). Martin Stevens: Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution. International Journal of Primatology 36: 205-208
Dubuc, C. & Higham, J.P. (2014). Quite the complexion: rhesus monkey face redness is passed on to their offspring, and affects their reproductive fitness. Biosphere 2: 50-55
Winters, S., Dunayer, E.S., Petersdorf, M., Simons, N.D., Tinsman, J. (2014). Primatology and Conservation in Hanoi, Vietnam. Evolutionary Anthropology 23: 201-204
Higham, J.P., Amann, A.L., Bryer, M.A.H., Thompson, N.A. & Winters, S. (2013). Review of “The Evolution of Primate Societies” (Eds. John C. Mitani, Josep Call, Peter M. Kappeler, Ryne A. Palombit & Joan B. Silk). International Journal of Primatology 34:1298-1303
Higham, J.P. (2011). Review of “The Japanese Macaques” (Eds., Naofumi, N., Nakamichi, N. & Sugiura, H.). International Journal of Primatology 32:1033-1036
Semple, S., Higham, J.P., MacLarnon, A., Ross, C. & Lehmann, J. (2010). Comment on ‘Pan Thanatology’. Current Biology
Wiseman, R., Warren, Y., Nicholas, A., MacKenzie, M., & Higham, J.P. (2008). A GIS habitat map for the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon. Gorilla Journal 37: 12-14
Higham, J.P. & Bennett, D. (2008). Some observations on wildlife, and wildlife consumption, in Eastern Nigeria. Gorilla Journal. 36: 11-13
PhD Program in Anthropology
New York University
The research and training program in our department is distinguished by its unique commitment to integrating laboratory-based and field-based research. We have state-of-the-art laboratories in genetics and molecular systematics, endocrinology, and in paleoanthropology, with superb facilities for both research and teaching in these areas. In addition, faculty and students are conducting primatological and paleoanthropological research at sites in South America, Asia and Africa.
Teaching
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Fall 2022
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