The Primate Diaries
Perspectives on science, politics and history from a primate in the human zoo.
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Eric Michael Johnson has a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and a Masters in Evolutionary Anthropology. He pursued his PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke before joining the University of British Columbia to complete a doctorate in the History and Philosophy of Science.
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Recent Posts
- Happy Carl Sagan Day!
- Friday Rant: "Militant" Atheists and Freedom From Religion
- Four Stone Hearth Anthropology Carnival is Up
- Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
- Become a Fan of The Primate Diaries on Facebook
- How the Internet Enables Intimacy
- The Gay Animal Kingdom Should Now Be Required Reading
- Opium, Rape and the Bravest Woman in Afghanistan
- I Am Extremely Terrified of Chinese People, But I'm Not Racist
- Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India
Recent Comments
- George on I Am Extremely Terrified of Chinese People, But I'm Not Racist
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- llewelly on The Population Bomb, Nuclear Winter and the Role of Science in Public Advocacy
- Dario Ringach on Happy Carl Sagan Day!
- John Phillips, FCD on Friday Rant: "Militant" Atheists and Freedom From Religion
- Martin R on Christopher Hitchens in Collision with Religion
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Publications
PROFESSIONAL
SEED
Survival of the Kindest
Sept. 24, 2009
The Open Laboratory 2007:
Best Science Writing on Blogs
The Sacrifice of Admetus
Discover
The Laughter Circuit
Vol. 23 No. 5 (May 2002)
Wildlife Conservation
Behind Enemy Lines
(November/December 2005)
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ACADEMIC
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
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