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...release. The piece can be a thesis, a project on creative arts, or research for class. In order to be considered for the award, students must have been nominated for the annual Hoopes Prize, which recognizes exceptional academic work or research. Wobber’s thesis adviser, Richard W. Wrangham, who is Moore professor of biological anthropology, introduced Wobber to research that found that dogs respond better to human signals than chimpanzees do. For instance, if chimpanzees see a human pointing to one of two bowls and are asked to select which bowl is more likely to have food, chimpanzees...
...recruitment process, Pinker says, Summers invited him to a dinner at his house with a number of Harvard professors from different departments who shared Pinker’s interest in human evolution, including Glimp Professor of Economics Edward L. Glaeser and Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology Richard W. Wrangham...
That last, least dramatic theory is the one preferred by most scientists who have visited the region, including Harvard ape expert Richard Wrangham, who thinks the ground nests are built by chimps looking to escape dampness during the day. When Hicks and Ammann describe the animal they are studying, they use "mystery ape" only with irony. Ammann is worried that Williams' sensational pronouncements have brought ridicule to his project. "If there's scientific data, that's one thing," he says. "But basing all of this on anecdotal stuff ..." Recently, he was emailed pictures of a chimp with...
...Wrangham, whose research links violent human behavior with that of chimpanzees through evolution, admits he has a markedly different approach to his fieldwork than Kinsey. He simply watches “animals that aren’t hiding for you” engage in sexual activity. Kinsey was far more actively involved in his subject matter, experimenting with several behaviors that could have been immensely detrimental to his study...
...With humans there is something more personal,” says Wrangham, “it requires a full commitment...