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| Vanessa R Woods, Research Scientist
 Vanessa is currently conducting research in the two Congos in Central Africa; chimpanzees in the People’s Republic of Congo and bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She spends her time waving red porcupines at baby bonobos and trying to outsmart chimpanzees. - Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 004A Biological Sciences Building | | Office Phone: | 919-660-7294 | | Email Address: |   | | Web Page: | www.vanessawoods.net | - Specialties:
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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
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- 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)
- B.Hare, A. Melis, V. Woods, S. Hastings, R. Wrangham, Tolerance Allows Bonobos to Outperform Chimpanzees on a Cooperative Task,
Current Biology, vol. 17 no. 7
(April 5, 2007),
pp. 619-623
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