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Martin Muller, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of New Mexico, Co-Director of Kibale Chimpanzee Project and Kibale National Park
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Martin Muller is an associate professor and anthropologist at the University of New Mexico. He studies behavioral and reproductive ecology, endocrinology, and evolution in primates including humans. Dr. Muller is the co-director of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project and Kibale National Park. He earned both his Bachelors and Doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Southern California. In recent work, Dr. Muller has co-authored the book Sexual Coercion in Primates: An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression Against Females with Dr. Richard Wrangham and has published research on chimpanzees and comparative work on human reproductive behavior.
Kasiisi Project and Kibale Chimpanzee Project
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Randazzo, G. (2018). Martin Muller. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2074-1
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