Meredith L. Bastian
- Education:
- A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 2000
Research Interests:
I recently completed two years of fieldwork with wild Bornean
orangutans in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. For my dissertation I
am comparing the behavior, ecology, and genetics of two
populations of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) on either
side of an impassible riverine dispersal barrier in attempt to
evaluate the strength of a cultural interpretation against
alternative ecological and genetic hypotheses to account for
patterns of behavioral variation across and within these
populations.
Current projects:
currently writing up dissertation
- Recent Publications
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- Barrickman, NL, Bastian, ML, Isler, K., van Schaik, CP (in press). Life history costs of increased brain size: a comparative test using data from long-term studies of primates in the wild. Journal of Human Evolution. [abs]
- Bastian, ML, Brockman, DK (2007). Paternal behavior in Propithecus verreauxi coquerel. International Journal of Primatology. [abs]
- Ramsey, G, Bastian, ML, van Schaik, CP (in press). Animal innovation defined and operationalized. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.
- van Schaik, CP, Barrickman, N, Bastian, ML, Krakauer, EB, van Noordwijk, MA "Primate life history and the role of brains." The Evolution of Human Life History. Ed. K. Hawkes, R. Paine SAR Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2006: 127-154. [abs]
- Bastian, ML, Sponberg, AC, Suomi, SJ, Higley, JD (2003). Long-term effects of infant rearing on the acquisition of dominance rank in juvenile and adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).. Developmental Psychobiology, 42(2), 44-51. [abs]
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Office Phone:
+1 919 660 7267
Email Address:
meredith.bastian@duke.edu
Mailing Address:
Box 90383 Durham, NC 27708-0383