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Robert Seyfarth

Professor Emeritus Standing Faculty

University of Pennsylvania

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School of Arts & Sciences

Psychology

Robert Seyfarth is currently serving as a Psychology Professor Emeritus Standing Faculty at University of Pennsylvania.

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University of Pennsylvania

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animal behavior avian biology behavioral sciences primatology primate behavior evolutionary biology psychology communication animal cognition breeding behavior human-animal interactions biological anthropology behavioral ecology entomology bioacoustics wildlife zoology mammalian biology social behavior social cognition sociobiology human-wildlife relationships human behavior animal behaviour female baboons vervet monkeys evolutionary psychology animal ecology mammalogy evolutionary anthropology audiology animal science wildlife biology comparative psychology social relationships ornithology wildlife ecology social psychology wild female baboons auditory science acoustic features male baboons papio cynocephalus ursinus chacma baboons livestock science ethology acoustic ecology predator-prey interactions behavior analysis cognitive psychology free-ranging vervet monkeys adult female baboons female chacma baboons papio hamadryas ursinus cercopithecus aethiops male chacma baboons social anthropology vision research lifespan development thanatology animal reproduction sensory science mating psychology language evolution biological psychology nonhuman primates animal minds animal studies biogerontology altruism group evolution manipulation (psychology) population ecology social ecology biotic interactions semantic communication primate communication interpersonal communication vocal communication cognitive science speech communication

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Female Reproductive Ageing Persists Despite High Infanticide Risk in Chacma Baboons and Geladas. Royal Society Open Science (2025)

Jacob A. FederIndia A. Schneider-CreaseJacinta C. BeehnerThore J. BergmanRobert M. SeyfarthJoan B. SilkNoah Snyder-MacklerAmy Lu

reproductive biologyopen sciencefemale infanticidereproductive healthhigh infanticide riskecologychacma baboons

The Long Lives of Primates and the ‘Invariant Rate of Ageing’ Hypothesis. Nature Communications (2021)

Fernando ColcheroJosé Manuel AburtoElizabeth A. ArchieChristophe BoeschThomas BreuerFernando A. CamposAnthony CollinsDalia A. CondeMarina CordsCatherine CrockfordMelissa Emery ThompsonLinda M. FediganClaudia FichtelMilou GroenenbergCatherine HobaiterPeter M. KappelerRichard R. LawlerRebecca J. LewisZarin P. MachandaMarie L. ManguetteMartin N. MullerCraig PackerRichard J. ParnellSusan PerryAnne E. PuseyMartha M. RobbinsRobert M. SeyfarthJoan B. SilkJohanna StaerkTara S. StoinskiEmma J. StokesKaren B. StrierShirley C. StrumJenny TungFrancisco VillavicencioRoman M. WittigRichard W. WranghamKlaus ZuberbühlerJames W. VaupelSusan C. Alberts

lifespan developmentmammalogybiogerontologyageingbiologyevolutionary biologyprimatologymammalian biologylongevitygeneticslong lives

The Evolutionary Landscape of Primate Longevity. Research Square (2020)

Fernando ColcheroJosé AburtoElizabeth ArchieChristophe BoeschThomas BreuerFernando CamposAnthony CollinsDalia CondeMarina CordsCatherine CrockfordMelissa Emery ThompsonLinda FediganClaudia FichtelMilou GroenenbergCatherine HobaiterPeter KappelerRichard LawlerRebecca LewisZarin MachandaMarie ManguetteMartin MullerCraig PackerRichard ParnellSusan PerryAnne PuseyMartha RobbinsRobert SeyfarthJoan SilkJohanna StaerkTara StoinskiEmma StokesKaren StrierShirley StrumJenny TungFrancisco VillavicencioRoman WittigRichard WranghamKlaus ZuberbühlerJames VaupelSusan Alberts

evolutionary landscapeprimate longevityprimatologyevolutionary biologybiological anthropologylongevity

Insights Into the Evolution of Social Systems and Species From Baboon Studies. eLife (2019)

Julia FischerJames P HighamSusan C AlbertsLouise BarrettJacinta C BeehnerThore J BergmanAlecia J CarterAnthony CollinsSarah EltonJoël FagotMaria Joana Ferreira da SilvaKurt HammerschmidtPeter HenziClifford J JollySascha KnaufGisela H KoppJeffrey RogersChristian RoosCaroline RossRobert M SeyfarthJoan SilkNoah Snyder-MacklerVeronika StaedeleLarissa SwedellMichael L WilsonDietmar Zinner

baboon studiesanthropologyevolutionary biology

The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights Into the Evolution of Social Systems and Species From Baboon Studies. KOPS (University of Konstanz) (2019)

Julia FischerJames P HighamSusan AlbertsLouise BarrettJacinta C BeehnerThore BergmanAlecia CarterAnthony CollinsSarah EltonJoë L FagotMaria FerreiraKurt HammerschmidtPeter HenziClifford J JollySascha KnaufGisela H KoppJeffrey RogersChristian RoosCaroline RossRobert M SeyfarthJoan SilkNoah Snyder-MacklerVeronika StaedeleLarissa SwedellMichael L WilsonDietmar Zinner

baboon studiesnatural historyevolutionary biology

Flexible Usage and Social Function in Primate Vocalizations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)

Dorothy L. CheneyRobert M. Seyfarth

flexible usagesocial functionprimate vocalizationsanimal cognitionneuroscienceavian biologybioacousticsprimatologybehavioral sciencesprimate behavior

Pragmatic Flexibility in Primate Vocal Production. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (2018)

Robert SeyfarthDorothy Cheney

behavior analysisexperimental psychologyanimal cognitionbehavioral sciencesneuroscienceavian biologyanimal behaviorprimate vocal productionpragmatic flexibilitypsychologyprimate behavior

Quality Versus Quantity: Do Weak Bonds Enhance the Fitness of Female Baboons?. Animal Behaviour (2018)

Joan B. SilkRobert M. SeyfarthDorothy L. Cheney

weak bondsfitnessavian biologyquality versus quantityanimal behaviorevolutionary biologybreeding behaviorfemale baboons

The Social Origins of Language. Princeton University Press eBooks (2018)

Robert M. SeyfarthDorothy L. Cheney

anthropologyevolutionary anthropologysocial originslinguistic anthropologysociologylanguagesociolinguistics

Bonobos (Pan Paniscus) Perform Branch Drag Displays Before Long-Distance Travel. International Journal of Primatology (2017)

Isaac SchambergDorothy L. CheneyRobert M. Seyfarth

movement ecologylong-distance travelanthropologyavian biologybiologythanatologypan paniscusprimatologykinematicsperformance studiesbiological anthropologyornithology

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Robert Seyfarth

Professor Emeritus Standing Faculty

University of Pennsylvania

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Psychology

Robert Seyfarth is currently serving as a Psychology Professor Emeritus Standing Faculty at University of Pennsylvania.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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University of Pennsylvania

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Female Reproductive Ageing Persists Despite High Infanticide Risk in Chacma Baboons and Geladas. Royal Society Open Science (2025)

Jacob A. FederIndia A. Schneider-CreaseJacinta C. BeehnerThore J. BergmanRobert M. SeyfarthJoan B. SilkNoah Snyder-MacklerAmy Lu

reproductive biologyopen sciencefemale infanticidereproductive healthhigh infanticide riskecologychacma baboons

The Long Lives of Primates and the ‘Invariant Rate of Ageing’ Hypothesis. Nature Communications (2021)

lifespan developmentmammalogybiogerontologyageingbiologyevolutionary biologyprimatologymammalian biologylongevitygeneticslong lives

The Evolutionary Landscape of Primate Longevity. Research Square (2020)

evolutionary landscapeprimate longevityprimatologyevolutionary biologybiological anthropologylongevity

Insights Into the Evolution of Social Systems and Species From Baboon Studies. eLife (2019)

baboon studiesanthropologyevolutionary biology

The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights Into the Evolution of Social Systems and Species From Baboon Studies. KOPS (University of Konstanz) (2019)

baboon studiesnatural historyevolutionary biology

Flexible Usage and Social Function in Primate Vocalizations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)

Dorothy L. CheneyRobert M. Seyfarth

flexible usagesocial functionprimate vocalizationsanimal cognitionneuroscienceavian biologybioacousticsprimatologybehavioral sciencesprimate behavior

Pragmatic Flexibility in Primate Vocal Production. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (2018)

Robert SeyfarthDorothy Cheney

behavior analysisexperimental psychologyanimal cognitionbehavioral sciencesneuroscienceavian biologyanimal behaviorprimate vocal productionpragmatic flexibilitypsychologyprimate behavior

Quality Versus Quantity: Do Weak Bonds Enhance the Fitness of Female Baboons?. Animal Behaviour (2018)

Joan B. SilkRobert M. SeyfarthDorothy L. Cheney

weak bondsfitnessavian biologyquality versus quantityanimal behaviorevolutionary biologybreeding behaviorfemale baboons

The Social Origins of Language. Princeton University Press eBooks (2018)

Robert M. SeyfarthDorothy L. Cheney

anthropologyevolutionary anthropologysocial originslinguistic anthropologysociologylanguagesociolinguistics

Bonobos (Pan Paniscus) Perform Branch Drag Displays Before Long-Distance Travel. International Journal of Primatology (2017)

Isaac SchambergDorothy L. CheneyRobert M. Seyfarth

movement ecologylong-distance travelanthropologyavian biologybiologythanatologypan paniscusprimatologykinematicsperformance studiesbiological anthropologyornithology

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