Charles L Nunn
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Overview
Selected Grants
Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019
One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2013 to 2019
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Drought, Dehydration, and Disease: Water as a Selective Pressure in the Evolution of Primate Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
Collaborative Research: The Role of Watering Holes in Concentrating Parasites in a Changing Climate awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
2018 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute Workshop awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Principal Investigator). 2018
A Cleanup for Survival: Effects of Tourist Waste Management on Gelada Monkey Health in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc. (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2018
Mining the Gaps: Integrating Primate Comparative Biology and Human Evolution awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2018
TriCEM Showcase awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM) Showcase awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Impacts of Water Scarcity on the Behavior of Red-Fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in Western awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2017
Pages
McNamara, P., et al. Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives. 2009, pp. 1–277. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074. Full Text
Nunn, C. L., and L. Zhu. “Phylogenetic prediction to identify “evolutionary singularities”.” Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology, 2014, pp. 481–514. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_21. Full Text
McNamara, P., et al. Introduction. 2009, pp. 1–11. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.001. Full Text
Capellini, I., et al. “Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.” Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, 2009, pp. 12–23. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.002. Full Text
Nunn, C. L., et al. “Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective.” Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, 2009, pp. 123–44. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.007. Full Text
Miller, Ian F., et al. “Speeding in the slow lane: Phylogenetic comparative analyses reveal that not all human life history traits are exceptional..” Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 130, May 2019, pp. 36–44. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.12.007. Full Text
Kappeler, Peter M., et al. “Evolutionary dynamics of sexual size dimorphism in non-volant mammals following their independent colonization of Madagascar..” Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, Feb. 2019. Epmc, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36246-x. Full Text
Miller, Ian F., et al. “Quantitative uniqueness of human brain evolution revealed through phylogenetic comparative analysis..” Elife, vol. 8, Jan. 2019. Epmc, doi:10.7554/eLife.41250. Full Text
Dallas, T. A., et al. “Host traits associated with species roles in parasite sharing networks.” Oikos, vol. 128, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 23–32. Scopus, doi:10.1111/oik.05602. Full Text
Samson, David R., et al. “Does the moon influence sleep in small-scale societies?.” Sleep Health, vol. 4, no. 6, Dec. 2018, pp. 509–14. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2018.08.004. Full Text
Kelly, Clint D., et al. “Sexual dimorphism in immunity across animals: a meta-analysis..” Ecology Letters, vol. 21, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 1885–94. Epmc, doi:10.1111/ele.13164. Full Text
Nunn, Charles L., and David R. Samson. “Sleep in a comparative context: Investigating how human sleep differs from sleep in other primates..” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 166, no. 3, July 2018, pp. 601–12. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ajpa.23427. Full Text
Samson, David R., et al. “The cost of deep sleep: Environmental influences on sleep regulation are greater for diurnal lemurs..” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 166, no. 3, July 2018, pp. 578–89. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ajpa.23455. Full Text
Miller, Ian F., et al. “Estimating infection prevalence: Best practices and their theoretical underpinnings..” Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 13, July 2018, pp. 6738–47. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ece3.4179. Full Text
Park, A. W., et al. “Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism-generalism spectrum of mammal parasites..” Proceedings. Biological Sciences, vol. 285, no. 1874, Mar. 2018. Epmc, doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2613. Full Text
Pages
Herrera, James P., and Charles L. Nunn. “Coevolution and coextinction of primates and their parasites.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 168, WILEY, 2019, pp. 102–102.
Amoroso, Caroline R., et al. “Water availability, primate ranging behavior, and implications for parasite transmission: an experimental and observational study of wild red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in a dry deciduous forest.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 168, WILEY, 2019, pp. 6–6.
Miller, I. F., et al. “Quantifying human uniqueness through phylogenetic comparative methods.” American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, WILEY, 2018.
Amoroso, Caroline R., and Charles L. Nunn. “Human parasitism in a comparative context: Are humans exceptionally parasitized?.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 162, WILEY, 2017, pp. 99–100.
McCabe, Collin M., et al. “Unwelcome Guests: Human-rodent Commensalism and its Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transfer.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 162, WILEY, 2017, pp. 280–81.
Vining, Alexander Q., and Charles L. Nunn. “A comparative analysis of evolutionary changes in human physiological traits.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 324–324.
Trentadue, Taylor P., et al. “Investigating musculoskeletal health and limb biomechanics in Mandena, Madagascar: A quantitative approach to understanding normal and pathological gait patterns.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 317–18.
Samson, David R., et al. “Sleep duration, quality and timing in a non-electric population in Madagascar.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 278–278.
Nunn, Charles L., and David R. Samson. “Shining Evolutionary Light on Human Sleep: Sleep Intensity and Human Cognition.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 242–242.
Amoroso, Caroline R., et al. “Parasite risk influences the water preferences of lemurs.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 79–79.