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Special feature
Published: 27 July 2021 in American Anthropologist
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Leith Mullings; Jada Benn Torres; Agustín Fuentes; Clarence C. Gravlee; Dorothy Roberts; Zaneta Thayer. The Biology of Racism. American Anthropologist 2021, 1 .

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Leith Mullings, Jada Benn Torres, Agustín Fuentes, Clarence C. Gravlee, Dorothy Roberts, Zaneta Thayer. The Biology of Racism. American Anthropologist. 2021; ():1.

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Leith Mullings; Jada Benn Torres; Agustín Fuentes; Clarence C. Gravlee; Dorothy Roberts; Zaneta Thayer. 2021. "The Biology of Racism." American Anthropologist , no. : 1.

Editorial
Published: 20 May 2021 in Science
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Agustín Fuentes. “The Descent of Man,” 150 years on. Science 2021, 372, 769 -769.

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Agustín Fuentes. “The Descent of Man,” 150 years on. Science. 2021; 372 (6544):769-769.

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Agustín Fuentes. 2021. "“The Descent of Man,” 150 years on." Science 372, no. 6544: 769-769.

Research article
Published: 05 May 2021 in PLoS ONE
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The social media milieu in which we are enmeshed has substantive impacts on our beliefs and perceptions. Recent work has established that this can play a role in influencing understanding of, and reactions to, public health information. Twitter, in particular, appears to play a substantive role in the public health information ecosystem. From July 25th, 2020 to November 15th, 2020, we collected weekly tweets related to COVID19 keywords and assessed their networks, patterns and properties. Our analyses revealed the dominance of a handful of individual accounts as central structuring agents in the networks of tens of thousands of tweets and retweets, and thus millions of views, related to specific COVID19 keywords. These few individual accounts and the content of their tweets, mentions, and retweets are substantially overrepresented in terms of public exposure to, and thus interaction with, critical elements of public health information in the pandemic. Here we report on one particularly striking aspect of our dataset: the prominent position of @realdonaldtrump in Twitter networks related to four key terms of the COVID19 pandemic in 2020.

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Agustín Fuentes; Jeffrey V. Peterson. Social media and public perception as core aspect of public health: The cautionary case of @realdonaldtrump and COVID-19. PLoS ONE 2021, 16, e0251179 .

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Agustín Fuentes, Jeffrey V. Peterson. Social media and public perception as core aspect of public health: The cautionary case of @realdonaldtrump and COVID-19. PLoS ONE. 2021; 16 (5):e0251179.

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Agustín Fuentes; Jeffrey V. Peterson. 2021. "Social media and public perception as core aspect of public health: The cautionary case of @realdonaldtrump and COVID-19." PLoS ONE 16, no. 5: e0251179.

Review article
Published: 01 January 2021 in Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
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Contemporary understandings of paleoanthropological data illustrate that the search for a line defining, or a specific point designating, “modern human” is problematic. Here we lend support to the argument for the need to look for patterns in the paleoanthropological record that indicate how multiple evolutionary processes intersected to form the human niche, a concept critical to assessing the development and processes involved in the emergence of a contemporary human phenotype. We suggest that incorporating key elements of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) into our endeavors offers a better and more integrative toolkit for modeling and assessing the evolution of the genus Homo. To illustrate our points, we highlight how aspects of the genetic exchanges, morphology, and material culture of the later Pleistocene complicate the concept of “modern” human behavior and suggest that multiple evolutionary patterns, processes, and pathways intersected to form the human niche.

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Marc Kissel; Agustín Fuentes. The ripples of modernity: How we can extend paleoanthropology with the extended evolutionary synthesis. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2021, 30, 84 -98.

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Marc Kissel, Agustín Fuentes. The ripples of modernity: How we can extend paleoanthropology with the extended evolutionary synthesis. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 2021; 30 (1):84-98.

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Marc Kissel; Agustín Fuentes. 2021. "The ripples of modernity: How we can extend paleoanthropology with the extended evolutionary synthesis." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 30, no. 1: 84-98.

Chapter
Published: 15 December 2020 in Neglected Diseases in Monkeys
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In this chapter, I provide an overview of ethnoprimatological approaches as a theoretical and methodological context with the potential to create an opening for One Health to more fully engage with anthropological and primatological complexities at the interface of humans and monkeys. I present overviews of the human–macaque interface at two sites, Padangtegal, Bali, Indonesia and Gibraltar, UK, where the contrasting local cultural contexts and ecological patterns of interaction between humans and macaques demonstrate the importance of an ethnoprimatological and niche-constructive perspective when attempting to assess pathogen risk and management for human–macaque interactions.

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Agustin Fuentes. Ethnoprimatology: Assessing How the Interface Between Humans and Monkeys Influences Infectious Agent Transmission. Neglected Diseases in Monkeys 2020, 7 -18.

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Agustin Fuentes. Ethnoprimatology: Assessing How the Interface Between Humans and Monkeys Influences Infectious Agent Transmission. Neglected Diseases in Monkeys. 2020; ():7-18.

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Agustin Fuentes. 2020. "Ethnoprimatology: Assessing How the Interface Between Humans and Monkeys Influences Infectious Agent Transmission." Neglected Diseases in Monkeys , no. : 7-18.

Perspective
Published: 24 October 2020 in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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Biological anthropology can, and should, matter in the Anthropocene. Biological anthropologists are interested in human biology and the human experience in a broader ecological, evolutionary, and phylogenetic context. We are interested in the material of the body, the history of the body, and interactions of diverse bodies, communities, ecologies, and evolutionary processes. However, the cultural realities of bodies, histories, communities, livelihoods, perceptions, and experiences are as central to the endeavor and inquiry of biological anthropology as are their material aspects. Biological anthropology is a constant dialectic between the cultural and the biological. In this essay, I argue that Biological Anthropology has much to offer, a history to contend with, and a future that matters. To illustrate this, I highlight theoretical and methodological issues in genomics, evolutionary theory and connect them to the study of Race and Racism to emphasize specific arenas where Biological Anthropology has a great capacity, and a strong obligation, to play a central role. However, Biological Anthropology also has substantive internal issues that hinder our ability to do the best possible science. If we are to live up to our potential and make a difference in the 21st century we need to ameliorate our structural shortcomings and expand our voice, and impact, in academic and public discourse. The goal of this perspective is to offer suggestions for moving us toward this goal.

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Agustín Fuentes. Biological anthropology's critical engagement with genomics, evolution, race/racism, and ourselves: Opportunities and challenges to making a difference in the academy and the world. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2020, 1 .

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Agustín Fuentes. Biological anthropology's critical engagement with genomics, evolution, race/racism, and ourselves: Opportunities and challenges to making a difference in the academy and the world. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2020; ():1.

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Agustín Fuentes. 2020. "Biological anthropology's critical engagement with genomics, evolution, race/racism, and ourselves: Opportunities and challenges to making a difference in the academy and the world." American Journal of Physical Anthropology , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2020 in Land
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The impacts of human activities on ecosystems are significantly increasing the rate of environmental change in the earth system, reshaping the global landscape. The rapid rate of environmental change is disrupting the ability of millions of people around the globe to live their everyday lives and maintain their human niche. Evidence suggests that we have entered (or created) a new epoch, the Anthropocene, which is defined as the period in which humans and human activities are the primary drivers of planetary change. The Anthropocene denotes a global shift, but it is the collective of local processes. This is our frame for investigating local accounts of human-caused disruptive environmental change in the Pampana River in Tonkolili District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone. Since the end of the Sierra Leonean civil war in 2002, the country has experienced a rapid increase in extractive industries, namely mining. We explored the effects of this development by working with communities along the Pampana River in Tonkolili, with a specific focus given to engaging local fishermen through ethnographic interviews (N = 21 fishermen and 33 non-fishermen), focus group discussions (N = 21 fishermen), and participant observation. We deployed theoretical and methodological frameworks from human niche construction theory, complex adaptive systems, and ethnography to track disruptive environmental change in and on the Pampana from upstream activities and the concomitant shifts in the local human niche. We highlight the value of integrating ethnographic methods with human evolutionary theory, produce important insights about local human coping processes with disruptive environmental change, and help to further account for and understand the ongoing global process of human modification of the earth system in the Anthropocene.

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Richard Marcantonio; Agustin Fuentes. A Clear Past and a Murky Future: Life in the Anthropocene on the Pampana River, Sierra Leone. Land 2020, 9, 72 .

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Richard Marcantonio, Agustin Fuentes. A Clear Past and a Murky Future: Life in the Anthropocene on the Pampana River, Sierra Leone. Land. 2020; 9 (3):72.

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Richard Marcantonio; Agustin Fuentes. 2020. "A Clear Past and a Murky Future: Life in the Anthropocene on the Pampana River, Sierra Leone." Land 9, no. 3: 72.

Review
Published: 21 January 2020 in Primates
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Over the past 20 years, GPS collars have emerged as powerful tools for the study of nonhuman primate (hereafter, "primate") movement ecology. As the size and cost of GPS collars have decreased and performance has improved, it is timely to review the use and success of GPS collar deployments on primates to date. Here we compile data on deployments and performance of GPS collars by brand and examine how these relate to characteristics of the primate species and field contexts in which they were deployed. The compiled results of 179 GPS collar deployments across 17 species by 16 research teams show these technologies can provide advantages, particularly in adding to the quality, quantity, and temporal span of data collection. However, aspects of this technology still require substantial improvement in order to make deployment on many primate species pragmatic economically. In particular, current limitations regarding battery lifespan relative to collar weight, the efficacy of remote drop-off mechanisms, and the ability to remotely retrieve data need to be addressed before the technology is likely to be widely adopted. Moreover, despite the increasing utility of GPS collars in the field, they remain substantially more expensive than VHF collars and tracking via handheld GPS units, and cost considerations of GPS collars may limit sample sizes and thereby the strength of inferences. Still, the overall high quality and quantity of data obtained, combined with the reduced need for on-the-ground tracking by field personnel, may help defray the high equipment cost. We argue that primatologists armed with the information in this review have much to gain from the recent, substantial improvements in GPS collar technology.

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Kerry M. Dore; Malene F. Hansen; Amy R. Klegarth; Claudia Fichtel; Flávia Koch; Andrea Springer; Peter Kappeler; Joyce A. Parga; Tatyana Humle; Christelle Colin; Estelle Raballand; Zhi-Pang Huang; Xiao-Guang Qi; Anthony Di Fiore; Andrés Link; Pablo R. Stevenson; Danica J. Stark; Noeleen Tan; Christa A. Gallagher; C. Jane Anderson; Christina J. Campbell; Marina Kenyon; Paula Pebsworth; David Sprague; Lisa Jones-Engel; Agustín Fuentes. Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates. Primates 2020, 61, 373 -387.

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Kerry M. Dore, Malene F. Hansen, Amy R. Klegarth, Claudia Fichtel, Flávia Koch, Andrea Springer, Peter Kappeler, Joyce A. Parga, Tatyana Humle, Christelle Colin, Estelle Raballand, Zhi-Pang Huang, Xiao-Guang Qi, Anthony Di Fiore, Andrés Link, Pablo R. Stevenson, Danica J. Stark, Noeleen Tan, Christa A. Gallagher, C. Jane Anderson, Christina J. Campbell, Marina Kenyon, Paula Pebsworth, David Sprague, Lisa Jones-Engel, Agustín Fuentes. Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates. Primates. 2020; 61 (3):373-387.

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Kerry M. Dore; Malene F. Hansen; Amy R. Klegarth; Claudia Fichtel; Flávia Koch; Andrea Springer; Peter Kappeler; Joyce A. Parga; Tatyana Humle; Christelle Colin; Estelle Raballand; Zhi-Pang Huang; Xiao-Guang Qi; Anthony Di Fiore; Andrés Link; Pablo R. Stevenson; Danica J. Stark; Noeleen Tan; Christa A. Gallagher; C. Jane Anderson; Christina J. Campbell; Marina Kenyon; Paula Pebsworth; David Sprague; Lisa Jones-Engel; Agustín Fuentes. 2020. "Review of GPS collar deployments and performance on nonhuman primates." Primates 61, no. 3: 373-387.

Commentary
Published: 14 June 2019 in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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Agustín Fuentes; Rebecca Rogers Ackermann; Sheela Athreya; Deborah Bolnick; Tina Lasisi; Sang‐Hee Lee; Shay‐Akil McLean; Robin Nelson. AAPA Statement on Race and Racism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2019, 169, 400 -402.

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Agustín Fuentes, Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, Sheela Athreya, Deborah Bolnick, Tina Lasisi, Sang‐Hee Lee, Shay‐Akil McLean, Robin Nelson. AAPA Statement on Race and Racism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2019; 169 (3):400-402.

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Agustín Fuentes; Rebecca Rogers Ackermann; Sheela Athreya; Deborah Bolnick; Tina Lasisi; Sang‐Hee Lee; Shay‐Akil McLean; Robin Nelson. 2019. "AAPA Statement on Race and Racism." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 169, no. 3: 400-402.

Journal article
Published: 20 May 2019 in Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
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Agustín Fuentes; Deborah A. Bolnick; Rachel Watkins. Interpreting and communicating genetic variation in 2019: A conversation on race. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2019, 28, 109 -111.

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Agustín Fuentes, Deborah A. Bolnick, Rachel Watkins. Interpreting and communicating genetic variation in 2019: A conversation on race. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 2019; 28 (3):109-111.

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Agustín Fuentes; Deborah A. Bolnick; Rachel Watkins. 2019. "Interpreting and communicating genetic variation in 2019: A conversation on race." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 28, no. 3: 109-111.

Articles
Published: 02 October 2018 in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
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Any study of the world, including that of the human, is a move toward and into complexity not away from it. Human action and perception are as evolutionarily relevant as are human genes, bones, and muscles. As an anthropologist interested in behaviour and evolution my focus is the interface of biological histories and systems with the social and cultural lives of humans and the other animals we share close relations with. In this essay influenced by, and following from, Tim Ingold’s ‘From Science to Art and Back Again: The Pendulum of an anthropologist’ I chart my history as a scholar via the patterns and changes in the anthropological, primatological, and evolutionary approaches that I have witnessed and have taken part in. I conclude with a call for an integrative anthropology that draws from contemporary evolutionary theory and biology along with a deep connection with the humanities and the arts.

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Agustin Fuentes. Towards integrative anthropology again and again: disorderly becomings of a (biological) anthropologist. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 2018, 43, 333 -347.

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Agustin Fuentes. Towards integrative anthropology again and again: disorderly becomings of a (biological) anthropologist. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 2018; 43 (3-4):333-347.

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Agustin Fuentes. 2018. "Towards integrative anthropology again and again: disorderly becomings of a (biological) anthropologist." Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 43, no. 3-4: 333-347.

Original article
Published: 01 August 2018 in Medical Anthropology Quarterly
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Medical anthropology, given its diversity of practical and historical entanglements with (and outside of) numerous threads of anthropology, is a key site for productive theoretical and methodological confluences in the Anthropocene. Multispecies approaches, ethnographically, theoretically and methodologically, are developing as central locations for the hybridization and mingling of diverse and innovative research questions, particularly those engaging the processes, patterns, and constructs of health.

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Agustin Fuentes. Holobionts, Multispecies Ecologies, and the Biopolitics of Care: Emerging Landscapes of Praxis in a Medical Anthropology of the Anthropocene. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2018, 33, 156 -162.

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Agustin Fuentes. Holobionts, Multispecies Ecologies, and the Biopolitics of Care: Emerging Landscapes of Praxis in a Medical Anthropology of the Anthropocene. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2018; 33 (1):156-162.

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Agustin Fuentes. 2018. "Holobionts, Multispecies Ecologies, and the Biopolitics of Care: Emerging Landscapes of Praxis in a Medical Anthropology of the Anthropocene." Medical Anthropology Quarterly 33, no. 1: 156-162.

Journal article
Published: 15 June 2018 in PeerJ
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Primates occur in 90 countries, but four—Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—harbor 65% of the world’s primate species (439) and 60% of these primates are Threatened, Endangered, or Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-3). Considering their importance for global primate conservation, we examine the anthropogenic pressures each country is facing that place their primate populations at risk. Habitat loss and fragmentation are main threats to primates in Brazil, Madagascar, and Indonesia. However, in DRC hunting for the commercial bushmeat trade is the primary threat. Encroachment on primate habitats driven by local and global market demands for food and non-food commodities hunting, illegal trade, the proliferation of invasive species, and human and domestic-animal borne infectious diseases cause habitat loss, population declines, and extirpation. Modeling agricultural expansion in the 21st century for the four countries under a worst-case-scenario, showed a primate range contraction of 78% for Brazil, 72% for Indonesia, 62% for Madagascar, and 32% for DRC. These pressures unfold in the context of expanding human populations with low levels of development. Weak governance across these four countries may limit effective primate conservation planning. We examine landscape and local approaches to effective primate conservation policies and assess the distribution of protected areas and primates in each country. Primates in Brazil and Madagascar have 38% of their range inside protected areas, 17% in Indonesia and 14% in DRC, suggesting that the great majority of primate populations remain vulnerable. We list the key challenges faced by the four countries to avert primate extinctions now and in the future. In the short term, effective law enforcement to stop illegal hunting and illegal forest destruction is absolutely key. Long-term success can only be achieved by focusing local and global public awareness, and actively engaging with international organizations, multinational businesses and consumer nations to reduce unsustainable demands on the environment. Finally, the four primate range countries need to ensure that integrated, sustainable land-use planning for economic development includes the maintenance of biodiversity and intact, functional natural ecosystems.

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Alejandro Estrada; Paul A. Garber; Russell A. Mittermeier; Serge Wich; Sidney Gouveia; Ricardo Dobrovolski; K.A.I. Nekaris; Vincent Nijman; Anthony B. Rylands; Fiona Maisels; Elizabeth A. Williamson; Julio Bicca-Marques; Agustin Fuentes; Leandro Jerusalinsky; Steig Johnson; Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo; Leonardo Oliveira; Christoph Schwitzer; Christian Roos; Susan M. Cheyne; Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff; Brigitte Raharivololona; Mauricio Talebi; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Jatna Supriatna; Ramesh Boonratana; Made Wedana; Arif Setiawan. Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation. PeerJ 2018, 6, e4869 .

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Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich, Sidney Gouveia, Ricardo Dobrovolski, K.A.I. Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Anthony B. Rylands, Fiona Maisels, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Julio Bicca-Marques, Agustin Fuentes, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Steig Johnson, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Leonardo Oliveira, Christoph Schwitzer, Christian Roos, Susan M. Cheyne, Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff, Brigitte Raharivololona, Mauricio Talebi, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Jatna Supriatna, Ramesh Boonratana, Made Wedana, Arif Setiawan. Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation. PeerJ. 2018; 6 ():e4869.

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Alejandro Estrada; Paul A. Garber; Russell A. Mittermeier; Serge Wich; Sidney Gouveia; Ricardo Dobrovolski; K.A.I. Nekaris; Vincent Nijman; Anthony B. Rylands; Fiona Maisels; Elizabeth A. Williamson; Julio Bicca-Marques; Agustin Fuentes; Leandro Jerusalinsky; Steig Johnson; Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo; Leonardo Oliveira; Christoph Schwitzer; Christian Roos; Susan M. Cheyne; Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff; Brigitte Raharivololona; Mauricio Talebi; Jonah Ratsimbazafy; Jatna Supriatna; Ramesh Boonratana; Made Wedana; Arif Setiawan. 2018. "Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation." PeerJ 6, no. : e4869.

Original paper
Published: 23 May 2018 in Biosemiotics
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The explanatory value of niche construction can be strengthened by firm footing in semiotic theory. Anthropologists have a unique perspective on the integration of such diverse approaches to human action and evolutionary processes. Here, we seek to open a dialogue between anthropology and biosemiotics. The overarching aim of this paper is to demonstrate that niche construction, including the underlying mechanism of reciprocal causation, is a semiotic process relating to biological development (sensu stricto) as well as cognitive development and cultural change. In making this argument we emphasize the semiotic mechanisms underlying the niche concept. We argue that the “niche” in ecology and evolutionary biology can be consistent with the Umwelt of Jakob von Uexkull. Following John Deely we therefore suggest that investigations into the organism—environment interface constituting niche construction should emphasize the semiotic basis of experience. Peircean signs are pervasive and allow for flexible interpretations of phenomena in relation to the perceptual and cognitive capacities of the behaving organism, which is particularly pertinent for understanding the relation of proximate/ultimate selective forces as co-productive (i.e., reciprocal). Additionally, theoretical work by Kinji Imanishi on the evolution of daily life and Gregory Bateson’s relational view of evolution both support the linkage between proximate and ultimate evolutionary processes of causation necessitated by the niche construction perspective. We will then apply this theoretical framework to two specific examples: 1) hominin evolution, including uniquely human cultural behaviors with niche constructive implications; and 2) the multispecies and anthropocentric niche of human-dog coevolution from which complex cognitive capacities and semiotic relationships emerged. The intended outcome of this paper is the establishment of concrete semiotic mechanisms and theory underlying niche constructive behavior which can then be applied to a broad spectrum of organisms to contextualize the reciprocal relation between proximate and ultimate drivers of behavior.

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Jeffrey V. Peterson; Ann Marie Thornburg; Marc Kissel; Christopher Ball; Agustin Fuentes. Semiotic Mechanisms Underlying Niche Construction. Biosemiotics 2018, 11, 181 -198.

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Jeffrey V. Peterson, Ann Marie Thornburg, Marc Kissel, Christopher Ball, Agustin Fuentes. Semiotic Mechanisms Underlying Niche Construction. Biosemiotics. 2018; 11 (2):181-198.

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Jeffrey V. Peterson; Ann Marie Thornburg; Marc Kissel; Christopher Ball; Agustin Fuentes. 2018. "Semiotic Mechanisms Underlying Niche Construction." Biosemiotics 11, no. 2: 181-198.

Review
Published: 18 August 2017 in Interface Focus
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The concept of a ‘human nature’ or ‘human natures’ retains a central role in theorizing about the human experience. In Homo sapiens it is clear that we have a suite of capacities generated via our evolutionary past, and present, and a flexible capacity to create and sustain particular kinds of cultures and to be shaped by them. Regardless of whether we label these capacities ‘human natures’ or not, humans occupy a distinctive niche and an evolutionary approach to examining it is critical. At present we are faced with a few different narratives as to exactly what such an evolutionary approach entails. There is a need for a robust and dynamic theoretical toolkit in order to develop a richer, and more nuanced, understanding of the cognitively sophisticated genus Homo and the diverse sorts of niches humans constructed and occupied across the Pleistocene, Holocene, and into the Anthropocene. Here I review current evolutionary approaches to ‘human nature’, arguing that we benefit from re-framing our investigations via the concept of the human niche and in the context of the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES). While not a replacement of standard evolutionary approaches, this is an expansion and enhancement of our toolkit. I offer brief examples from human evolution in support of these assertions.

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Agustin Fuentes. Human niche, human behaviour, human nature. Interface Focus 2017, 7, 20160136 .

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Agustin Fuentes. Human niche, human behaviour, human nature. Interface Focus. 2017; 7 (5):20160136.

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Agustin Fuentes. 2017. "Human niche, human behaviour, human nature." Interface Focus 7, no. 5: 20160136.

Article
Published: 01 July 2017 in Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
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Marc Kissel; Agustin Fuentes. A database of archeological evidence of representational behavior. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2017, 26, 149 -150.

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Marc Kissel, Agustin Fuentes. A database of archeological evidence of representational behavior. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 2017; 26 (4):149-150.

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Marc Kissel; Agustin Fuentes. 2017. "A database of archeological evidence of representational behavior." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 26, no. 4: 149-150.

Original article
Published: 17 May 2017 in Primates
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Robbing and bartering (RB) is a behavioral practice anecdotally reported in free-ranging commensal macaques. It usually occurs in two steps: after taking inedible objects (e.g., glasses) from humans, the macaques appear to use them as tokens, returning them to humans in exchange for food. While extensively studied in captivity, our research is the first to investigate the object/food exchange between humans and primates in a natural setting. During a 4-month study in 2010, we used both focal and event sampling to record 201 RB events in a population of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), including four neighboring groups ranging freely around Uluwatu Temple, Bali (Indonesia). In each group, we documented the RB frequency, prevalence and outcome, and tested the underpinning anthropogenic and demographic determinants. In line with the environmental opportunity hypothesis, we found a positive qualitative relation at the group level between time spent in tourist zones and RB frequency or prevalence. For two of the four groups, RB events were significantly more frequent when humans were more present in the environment. We also found qualitative partial support for the male-biased sex ratio hypothesis [i.e., RB was more frequent and prevalent in groups with higher ratios of (sub)adult males], whereas the group density hypothesis was not supported. This preliminary study showed that RB is a spontaneous, customary (in some groups), and enduring population-specific practice characterized by intergroup variation in Balinese macaques. As such, RB is a candidate for a new behavioral tradition in this species.

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Fany Brotcorne; Gwennan Giraud; Noëlle Gunst; Agustín Fuentes; I. Nengah Wandia; Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar; Pascal Poncin; Marie-Claude Huynen; Jean-Baptiste Leca. Intergroup variation in robbing and bartering by long-tailed macaques at Uluwatu Temple (Bali, Indonesia). Primates 2017, 58, 505 -516.

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Fany Brotcorne, Gwennan Giraud, Noëlle Gunst, Agustín Fuentes, I. Nengah Wandia, Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar, Pascal Poncin, Marie-Claude Huynen, Jean-Baptiste Leca. Intergroup variation in robbing and bartering by long-tailed macaques at Uluwatu Temple (Bali, Indonesia). Primates. 2017; 58 (4):505-516.

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Fany Brotcorne; Gwennan Giraud; Noëlle Gunst; Agustín Fuentes; I. Nengah Wandia; Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar; Pascal Poncin; Marie-Claude Huynen; Jean-Baptiste Leca. 2017. "Intergroup variation in robbing and bartering by long-tailed macaques at Uluwatu Temple (Bali, Indonesia)." Primates 58, no. 4: 505-516.

Reference entry
Published: 16 April 2017 in The International Encyclopedia of Primatology
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The adolescent growth spurt in primates is defined as the temporal acceleration in the rate of growth in height and weight that occurs around the time of reproductive maturation. Whereas to date there is no evidence for the presence of human-like adolescent growth spurt in linear dimensions of nonhuman primate species, pubertal growth spurts have been observed for body mass in each of the three anthropoid superfamilies—New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and hominoids. Males are more likely than females to exhibit such growth spurts, which can be interpreted as an adaptive response to an abrupt increase in risk from intermale competition.Keywords:behavior;morphology;primate

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Arianna De Marco; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. Adolescent Growth Spurt. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 2017, 28, 1 -2.

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Arianna De Marco, Michele Bezanson, Katherine C MacKinnon, Erin Riley, Christina J Campbell, K.A.I Anna Nekaris, Alejandro Estrada, Anthony F Di Fiore, Stephen Ross, Lisa E Jones-Engel, Bernard Thierry, Robert W Sussman, Crickette Sanz, James Loudon, Sarah Elton, Agustin Fuentes. Adolescent Growth Spurt. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. 2017; 28 ():1-2.

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Arianna De Marco; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. 2017. "Adolescent Growth Spurt." The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 28, no. : 1-2.

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Assessing an animal's physical and psychological condition to identify the presence of pathogens, mental stressors, or chronic illness can be accomplished in both captive and wild populations through employing a number of standardized techniques and measures typically utilized by disease ecologists and veterinarians. Systematic health assessment of wild primate populations is not just useful for conserving a long-term, viable field site (particularly for endangered species), but also aids in our understanding of emerging zoonotic diseases into human populations, as well as risks of anthroponotic pathogen transmission from humans to wild primates. When it comes to sampling and diagnostic methods, it is advisable to consult a trained expert in correct methods selection.Keywords:disease;methodology;pathogen;primate conservation;primate welfare

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Michael P. Muehlenbein; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. Health Assessment. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 2017, 46, 1 -3.

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Michael P. Muehlenbein, Michele Bezanson, Katherine C MacKinnon, Erin Riley, Christina J Campbell, K.A.I Anna Nekaris, Alejandro Estrada, Anthony F Di Fiore, Stephen Ross, Lisa E Jones-Engel, Bernard Thierry, Robert W Sussman, Crickette Sanz, James Loudon, Sarah Elton, Agustin Fuentes. Health Assessment. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. 2017; 46 ():1-3.

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Michael P. Muehlenbein; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. 2017. "Health Assessment." The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 46, no. : 1-3.

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) are two distinct but closely related technologies that allow for the collection, storage, management, analyses, and display of spatial data. Despite the exponential increase in the advancement and availability of GPS/GIS technology in the early twenty-first century, they are currently underutilized in primatology. In addition to basic applications like thematic mapping and data querying, GPS and GIS have a wide variety of applications for both fine-scale and broad-scale questions in primatology. Fine-scale applications include analysis of primate ranging, assessing spatial patterning in behavior, quantifying resource dispersion or patchiness, and measuring social spacing and fission–fusion dynamics. Broad-scale, population-level applications include habitat suitability modeling, assessing the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on primates, biogeography, and conservation management.Keywords:biological or physical anthropology;conservation;primatology

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Christopher A. Shaffer; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. GPS/GIS. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 2017, 80, 1 -7.

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Christopher A. Shaffer, Michele Bezanson, Katherine C MacKinnon, Erin Riley, Christina J Campbell, K.A.I Anna Nekaris, Alejandro Estrada, Anthony F Di Fiore, Stephen Ross, Lisa E Jones-Engel, Bernard Thierry, Robert W Sussman, Crickette Sanz, James Loudon, Sarah Elton, Agustin Fuentes. GPS/GIS. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. 2017; 80 ():1-7.

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Christopher A. Shaffer; Michele Bezanson; Katherine C MacKinnon; Erin Riley; Christina J Campbell; K.A.I Anna Nekaris; Alejandro Estrada; Anthony F Di Fiore; Stephen Ross; Lisa E Jones-Engel; Bernard Thierry; Robert W Sussman; Crickette Sanz; James Loudon; Sarah Elton; Agustin Fuentes. 2017. "GPS/GIS." The International Encyclopedia of Primatology 80, no. : 1-7.