Dr. rer. nat. Roman M. Wittig

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Primatology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

phone: +49 341 3550 204
fax: +49 341 3550 299
e-mail: wittig[>>> Please replace the brackets with an AT sign <<<]eva.mpg.de

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Costs and benefits of group living in primates
• Evolutionary significance of social bonds
• Evolution of social intelligence
• Hormonal underpinnings of social interactions

 

Methods used for investigation:

• Behavioural observations combined with multivariate analysis methods
• Field experiments (playback experiments, object presentation experiments)
• Hormonal analysis from non-invasive sampling methods (faeces, urine, saliva)
• Comparison between humans, apes, monkeys and non-primate animals