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Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
104 Biological Sciences Building
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Durham, NC 27708-9976
(919) 684-4124  (Phone)
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    Ian C Gilby

  • Ian C Gilby

  • Senior Research Scientist
  • Evolutionary Anthropology
  • 206A Biological Sciences Building
  • Campus Box 90383
  • Phone: (919) 660-7282
  • Fax: 919-660-7348
  • Homepage
  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Specialties

    • Cognitive Evolution
    • Primate Ecology

  • Research Summary

    Evolution of cooperation, primate behavioral ecology, chimpanzee behavior.

  • Research Description

    Specific projects include food sharing, hunting, social relationships, dominance strategies.

  • Education

      • Ph.D.,
      • Ecology Evolution and Behavior,
      • University of Minnesota,
      • 2004
      • BA,
      • Biology,
      • Carleton College,
      • 1996

  • Selected Publications

      • Gilby, I. C., Emery Thompson, M., Ruane, J., Wrangham, R.W..
      • 2010.
      • No evidence of short-term exchange of meat for sex among chimpanzees.
      • Journal of Human Evolution
      • 59:
      • 44-53
      • .
      • Crofoot, M.C., Gilby, I. C., Wikelski, M.C., & Kays, R.W..
      • 2008.
      • Interaction location outweighs the competitive advantage of numerical superiority in Cebus capucinus intergroup contests.
      • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
      • 105:
      • 577-581
      • .
      • Gilby, I.C., & Wrangham, R.W..
      • 2008.
      • Association patterns among wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) reflect sex differences in cooperation.
      • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
      • 62:
      • 1831-1842
      • .
      • Gilby, I.C., & Wrangham, R.W..
      • 2007.
      • Risk-prone hunting by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) increases during periods of high diet quality.
      • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
      • 61:
      • 1771-1779
      • .
      • Gilby, I.C..
      • 2006.
      • Meat sharing among the Gombe chimpanzees: Harassment and reciprocal exchange.
      • Animal Behaviour
      • 71:
      • 953-963
      • .
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