Vanessa R Woods, Research Scientist

Vanessa has worked at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in Congo since 2005. Her main research interest is the socio-sexual behavior of bonobos and chimpanzees.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	004A Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	919-660-7294
Email Address:
Web Pages:	www.vanessawoods.net www.bonobohandshake.com

Specialties:

Behavioral Primatology

Research Interests: bonobo chimpanzee psychology

Current projects: xenophobia, cooperation, socio-sexual behaviour

Studying the comparitive psychology of bonobos and chimpanzees. Particular interests are cooperation, xenophobia, and the development of socio-sexual behaviour in bonobos.

Areas of Interest:

Bonobo
chimpanzee
psychology
cooperation
xenophobia

Keywords:

Bonobo • chimpanzee • cooperation • xenophobia

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. B. Hare, V. Woods, The Genius of Dogs (In Press), Dutton, New York
2. V. Woods, Bonobo but not chimpanzee infants use socio-sexual contact with peers, Primates, vol. 52 no. 2 (2011), pp. 111-116
3. V. Woods, Bonobo Handshake (2010), Gotham, New York [com]
4. V. Woods, H. Catchpole, It's True: Pirates Ate Rats (2009), Sydney, Australia
5. V. Woods, B. Hare, Think outside the lab: sanctuaries are the future of research on captive great apes, Encyclopaedia of Animal Behaviour and Welfar, vol. In press (June, 2008)

For books and other popular publications, please visit www.vanessawoods.net