Joan B Silk

PROFESSOR

Ph.D., UC Davis 1981

Personal Homepage

Class Websites

Office: 388 Haines Hall
Phone: 310-825-2655
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail: jsilk@anthro.ucla.edu

Mailing Address:

Subfield

Biological Anthropology

Research Interests

Biological anthropology, primate behavior, evolutionary biology.

Selected Publications

Silk JB,Alberts SC, Altmann J. 2003. Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival. Science 302:1331-1334.
Silk JB et al. 2005. Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of other group members. Nature 435: 1357-1359.
Silk JB, Altmann J, Alberts SC. 2006. Social relationships among adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus) I. Variation in the strength of social bonds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 183-195
Silk JB, Alberts SC, Altmann J.2006. Social relationships among adult female faboons (Papio cynocephalus) II: Variation in the quality and stability of social bonds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:197-204.
Silk JB (in press). The strategic dynamics of cooperation in primate groups. Advances in the Study of Behaviour.

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