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Perspectives on science, politics and history from a primate in the human zoo.
Eric Michael Johnson received his masters degree in primate behavior and is now pursuing his PhD in the history of science.
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Sexy Beasts
June 29, 2010
Survival of the Kindest
Sept. 24, 2009
The Open Laboratory 2009:
Best Science Writing on Blogs
Male Chauvinist Chimps?
The Open Laboratory 2007:
Best Science Writing on Blogs
The Sacrifice of Admetus
Wildlife Conservation
Behind Enemy Lines
(November/December 2005)
Discover
The Laughter Circuit
Vol. 23 No. 5 (May 2002)
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Journal of Human Evolution
Sociality, ecology and relative brain size in lemurs.
JHE 2009 56(5):471-478.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Career or Family?: Maternal style and status-seeking behavior in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus).
AJPA 2008 135(S46):126
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Lack of inbreeding avoidance and reduction of alliance formation in matrilineally- housed bonobos (Pan paniscus).
AJPA 2007 132(S44):137
February 28, 2010
Category: Primatology
Four years ago today a young researcher at the beginning of his graduate program in primatology sat down with the most intelligent, engaging, and downright beautiful fellow primate he'd ever had the opportunity to share a beer with. Freshly minted...
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February 27, 2010
Category: Blogging
The finalists have been chosen in the first annual Research Blogging Awards for material written about peer-reviewed literature. Some of my favorite bloggers have been selected including Neurophilosophy, Laelaps, Not Exactly Rocket Science, A Blog Around the Clock (BoraZ also...
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February 26, 2010
Category: Primatology
(updated below) My piece for The Huffington Post has just gone up concerning the latest incidents involving neuroscientist Dario Ringach and the targeting of his children by animal rights extremists. For more on this see Dr. Free-Ride, PZ, PalMD, Scicurious,...
Posted by EMJ at 6:30 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2010
Category: Medical
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulip, Rembrandt (1632)I have been extremely ill this week which has prevented me from posting as often as I would have liked. However, I have been keeping up on the suggestions offered to explain the nearly...
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February 21, 2010
Category: Wingnuts
The creationists have done it again, first it was bananas and now it's peanut butter. It seems they do all of their heavy thinking while shopping for groceries. Ray Comfort saw mutant bananas forged through artificial selection as evidence...
Posted by EMJ at 10:28 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2010
Category: Medical
(updated below) Image: Henri Gervex (1852-1929) Doctor Preau Operating at the St. Louis Hospital.Honoured SIR and MADAM, In researching the history of science one often comes across bizarre claims about the natural world that reveals the limit of knowledge available to researchers...
Posted by EMJ at 12:19 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 16, 2010
Category: Great Apes
Bonobos retain juvenile traits related to tolerance and cooperation. Image: Vanessa WoodsHow many times as a kid would your parents tell you to grow up and act your age? It turns out that not acting our age may be the very reason...
Posted by EMJ at 10:20 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 13, 2010
Category: Politics
Haitian girl wearing the Disney princess shirt made in her country. Image: BBC NewsInter Press Service has just begun a new series focusing on the development loans to Haiti and the strings attached that have effectively removed the Haitian government from...
Posted by EMJ at 10:40 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 4, 2010
Category: Politics
Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig has a new article in The Nation entitled "How to Get Our Democracy Back." In the piece he challenges both the Right and the Left on the ineffective means to create real change in this...
Posted by EMJ at 8:15 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogging
Deconstructing Social Darwinism, Part I Deconstructing Social Darwinism, Part II Deconstructing Social Darwinism, Part III How Can Haiti Be Sustainable? Uniting Primates and Cetaceans Through Personhood Bonobos and the Emergence of Culture Civility, Science Communication, and the White Patriarchy Robert...
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