Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior

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Anne Pusey

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Anne Elizabeth Pusey is an accomplished scholar of animal behavior, with particular expertise in the behavior of lions (Panthera leo) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytesspp.). Her primary research interests center on the evolution of social behavior, including patterns of competition, cooperation, and social bonds. Pusey was born in Oxford, England, in 1949 and completed her undergraduate degree in Zoology at Oxford University in 1970. Shortly thereafter, she became a field assistant for Dr. Jane Goodall’s study of wild chimpanzees at Gombe National Park and went on to conduct her dissertation research on the Gombe chimpanzees in close collaboration with Goodall. Her doctoral degree, advised by Dr. David Hamburg, was awarded by Stanford University in 1978, and her dissertation focused on the physical and social development of wild adolescent chimpanzees. Chimpanzees have a prolonged period of post-weaning association with their mothers, and Pusey’s work was some of the first research to...

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  1. Packer, C., & Pusey, A. E. (1982). Cooperation and competition within coalitions of male lions: Kin selection or game theory? Nature (Lond.), 296, 740–742.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancasterUSA

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  • Lauren Guillette
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  1. 1.University of St. AndrewsSt. AndrewsUK