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
- Spirited Debate with Ray and Kirk
- Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- Friday Rant: Atheists Need To Be Brighter
- The Primate Diaries on Facebook Now At 400!
- The Darwin Reclamation Project
- Want To Be Featured On This Blog and Foil Creationists?
- Big News for Vancouverites Today!
- Graduate Student Strike Results in "Major Victory"
- The Giant's Shoulders #17 - Darwin Sesquicentennial Edition
- Breaking the Chain: Ardipithecus Is Not A Missing Link
Recent Comments
- ismail yk facebook on Facebook Espionage?
- Andy on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- EMJ on Spirited Debate with Ray and Kirk
- cameronsnipples on Spirited Debate with Ray and Kirk
- DVMKurmes on The Darwin Reclamation Project
- EMJ on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- CynicView on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- razib on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- EMJ on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
- razib on Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag
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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Archives
Anthropology Blogs
- Afarensis
- Aardvarchaeology
- American Anth. Assoc. Blog
- Anna's Bones
- AnthroBlogs
- Anthropology.net
- Archaeozoology
- Bonobo Handshake
- Dieneke's Anthropology Blog
- Greg Laden's Blog
- John Hawks Weblog
- Kanyawara Chimpanzee Blog
- Living Links Center Blog
- Primatology.net
- Open Anthropology
- Savage Minds
Hist/Phil of Science Blogs
- Adv. in History of Psychology
- Dispersal of Darwin
- Ether Wave Propaganda
- Pauling Blog
- Time to Eat the Dogs
Evolution/Science Blogs
- A Blog Around the Clock
- Dispatches From Culture Wars
- Laelaps
- Michael Shermer
- Neurophilosophy
- Not Exactly Rocket Science
- Observations of a Nerd
- Pharyngula
- Sex At Dawn
- The Evilutionary Biologist
- The Frontal Cortex
- The Intersection
- The Loom
- The Panda's Thumb
- Thus Spake Zuska
- The World's Fair
Political/Social Blogs
Other Writing
Under Construction.







