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Susan E. Perry
Department of Anthropology
Haines Hall, Box 95155
Phone: (310) 276-4338
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Webpages:
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/sperry
www.eva.mpg.de/phylogen/

Research:
I study the dynamics of social relationships in nonhuman primates. My taxonomic specialty is white-faced capuchin monkeys, and for 15 years I have been studying the social dynamics of several wild capuchin groups in Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica. I am particularly interested in the ways in which individuals communicate about their social relationships, both gesturally and vocally.

Selected Publications:

Perry, S. (2006). What cultural primatology can tell anthropologists about the evolution of culture. Annual Review of Anthropology 35:171-90.

Muniz, L., Perry, S., Manson, J., Gilkenson, H., Gros-Louis, J., Vigilant, L. (2006). Father-daughter inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate population. Current Biology 16(5):156-7.

Manson, J., Perry, S. & Stahl, D. (2005). Reconciliation in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). American Journal of Primatology. 65:205-219.

Perry, S., Barrett, H.C., Manson, J.H. (2004). White-faced capuchin monkeys exhibit triadic awareness in their choice of allies. Animal Behaviour 67: 165-170.

Perry, S., M. Baker, L. Fedigan, J. Gros-Louis, K. Jack, K. MacKinnon, J. Manson, M. Panger, K. Pyle, & L. Rose. 2003. Social conventions in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys: Evidence for traditions in a neotropical primate. Current Anthropology 44: 241-268.

Perry, S. 1998. Male-male social relationships in wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. Behaviour. 135:1-34.

Perry, S. 1997. Male-female social relationships in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. Behaviour 134:477-510.

Perry, S. 1996. Female-female relationships in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. American Journal of Primatology 40:167-182.

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