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General Lectures
Leakey Lecture: The Secrets of Chimpanzee Society
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What can the private behavior of chimpanzee society teach us about human evolution and our own societal development?
Biologist Liran Samuni from Harvard University’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology specializes in the study of underlying mechanisms of cooperation and intergroup relations in chimpanzees. In this virtual lecture, Dr. Samuni explores some of the more fascinating aspects of group relationships in chimpanzees, from cooperation and conflict to group belonging, solidarity, and in-group support, providing a glimpse into how our own human behavior in societal systems might have occurred.
Dr. Samuni is the 2021 recipient of The Leakey Foundation's Gordon P. Getty Grant Laureate. This prestigious award is given to an individual who shows extraordinary originality and dedication in their intellectual and professional pursuits while exemplifying a multidisciplinary approach to human origins research.
The Leakey Lecture Series is presented in partnership with the Leakey Foundation.
About Liran Samuni
Dr. Samuni is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University where her research focuses on cooperation and intergroup relations in chimpanzees. Before moving to Harvard, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. She has studied Western and Eastern chimpanzees for over a decade. She has also studied bonobos. She currently oversees the long-term data collection and the training of staff at the Taï Chimpanzee Project and the Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project.
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