Charles L Nunn
Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
Current Research Interests
Charles Nunn addresses a wide range of questions at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and health. These include projects on infectious disease, evolutionary medicine, and the ecology and evolution of sleep.
Many of Nunn’s research projects involve large-scale informatics datasets, including phylogenetic comparative studies and meta-analyses. Other projects involve field research in rural Madagascar. Yet other projects aim to model ecological or evolutionary phenomena, such as disease transmission. All of the projects involve quantitative approaches rooted in phylogenetics, networks, epidemiology, and spatial analyses.
Nunn’s research has implications for human health, conservation of biodiversity, and the connections between humans, animals and the environment (One Health). His research also informs studies of human evolution.
Research support for activities in the Nunn Lab is provided by the NIH, NSF, and other funding agencies.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019 - 2024
- Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
- Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2013
Contact Information
- 90383, 106 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
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clnunn@duke.edu
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The Nunn Lab at Duke
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Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM)
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 1999
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Scholar in Residence in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
- Adjunct Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2012 - 2013
- Recognition
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In the News
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- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- The Impact of Land Use Change on Transmission Potential Networks and Disease Spread in Rural Madagascar awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- PIPP Phase I awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2024
- Evolutionary Medicine summer Institute awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2022
- Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI) awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2022
- Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI) 2020 awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2020
- Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation 2019
- One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Drought, Dehydration, and Disease: Water as a Selective Pressure in the Evolution of Primate Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Collaborative Research: The Role of Watering Holes in Concentrating Parasites in a Changing Climate awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- 2018 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute Workshop awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2018
- A Cleanup for Survival: Effects of Tourist Waste Management on Gelada Monkey Health in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc. 2016 - 2018
- Mining the Gaps: Integrating Primate Comparative Biology and Human Evolution awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
- TriCEM Showcase awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2017 - 2018
- Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM) Showcase awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2017 - 2018
- Impacts of Water Scarcity on the Behavior of Red-Fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in Western Madagascar awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Impacts of Water Scarcity on the Behavior of Red-fronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in Western Madagascar awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc. 2016 - 2017
- Drivers of Disease in Primates: The Case of the Bulging Parasitic Cysts in Gelada Monkeys (Theropithecus gelada) awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation 2014 - 2017
- Predator and Parasite: How Predator Distribution and Host Susceptibility Shape Patterns of Tapeworm-induced Disease in Gelada Monkeys (Theropithecus gelada). awarded by Nacey Maggioncalda Foundation 2014 - 2017
- Annual Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2016
- Annual Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation 2016
- Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine awarded by University of North Carolina - General Administration 2015 - 2016
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Comparative Study of Primate Socioecology and Intersexual Conflict awarded by National Science Foundation 1997 - 1999
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External Relationships
- Oxford University Press
- University of Chicago Press
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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McNamara, P., R. A. Barton, and C. L. Nunn. Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives. Vol. 9780521894975, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642074.Full Text
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Academic Articles
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Evans, Michelle V., Tanjona Ramiadantsoa, Kayla Kauffman, James Moody, Charles L. Nunn, Jean Yves Rabezara, Prisca Raharimalala, et al. “Socio-demographic variables can guide prioritized testing strategies for epidemic control in resource-limited contexts.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2023, jiad076. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad076.Full Text
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Herrera, James P., James Moody, and Charles L. Nunn. “Predicting primate-parasite associations using exponential random graph models.” The Journal of Animal Ecology 92, no. 3 (March 2023): 710–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13883.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L. “COVID-19 and Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 11, no. 1 (January 2023): 41–43. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad002.Full Text
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Werner, Courtney S., Koray Kasan, Julie K. Geyer, Mohamad Elmasri, Maxwell J. Farrell, and Charles L. Nunn. “Using phylogeographic link‐prediction in primates to prioritize human parasite screening.” American Journal of Biological Anthropology, August 26, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24604.Full Text
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Kauffman, Kayla, Courtney S. Werner, Georgia Titcomb, Michelle Pender, Jean Yves Rabezara, James P. Herrera, Julie Teresa Shapiro, et al. “Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar.” Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 19, no. 186 (January 2022): 20210690. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0690.Full Text Open Access Copy
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McKinnon, Leela, David R. Samson, Charles L. Nunn, Amanda Rowlands, Katrina G. Salvante, and Pablo A. Nepomnaschy. “Technological infrastructure, sleep, and rest-activity patterns in a Kaqchikel Maya community.” Plos One 17, no. 11 (January 2022): e0277416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277416.Full Text
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Voinson, Marina, Charles L. Nunn, and Amy Goldberg. “Primate malarias as a model for cross-species parasite transmission.” Elife 11 (January 2022): e69628. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.69628.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Herrera, James P., James Moody, and Charles L. Nunn. “Predictions of primate-parasite coextinction.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 376, no. 1837 (November 2021): 20200355. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0355.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Reyes, Kaleigh R., Ujas A. Patel, Charles L. Nunn, and David R. Samson. “Gibbon sleep quantified: the influence of lunar phase and meteorological variables on activity in Hylobates moloch and Hylobates pileatus.” Primates; Journal of Primatology 62, no. 5 (September 2021): 749–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00920-y.Full Text
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Gray, Gregory C., Emily R. Robie, Caleb J. Studstill, and Charles L. Nunn. “Mitigating Future Respiratory Virus Pandemics: New Threats and Approaches to Consider.” Viruses 13, no. 4 (April 2021): 637. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13040637.Full Text
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Amoroso, Caroline R., and Charles L. Nunn. “Epidemiological transitions in human evolution and the richness of viruses, helminths, and protozoa.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 9, no. 1 (January 2021): 139–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab009.Full Text
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Herrera, James P., Jean Yves Rabezara, Ny Anjara Fifi Ravelomanantsoa, Miranda Metz, Courtni France, Ajilé Owens, Michelle Pender, Charles L. Nunn, and Randall A. Kramer. “Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar.” Food Security 13, no. 6 (January 2021): 1393–1405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01179-3.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Nunn, Charles L., Alexander Q. Vining, Debapriyo Chakraborty, Michael H. Reiskind, and Hillary S. Young. “Effects of host extinction and vector preferences on vector-borne disease risk in phylogenetically structured host-hector communities.” Plos One 16, no. 8 (January 2021): e0256456. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256456.Full Text
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Solis, Alma, and Charles L. Nunn. “One health disparities and COVID-19.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 9, no. 1 (January 2021): 70–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab003.Full Text
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Vining, Alexander Q., Charles L. Nunn, and David R. Samson. “Enriched sleep environments lengthen lemur sleep duration.” Plos One 16, no. 11 (January 2021): e0253251. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253251.Full Text
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Herrera, James P., Natalie R. Wickenkamp, Magali Turpin, Fiona Baudino, Pablo Tortosa, Steven M. Goodman, Voahangy Soarimalala, Tamby Nasaina Ranaivoson, and Charles L. Nunn. “Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar.” Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 14, no. 12 (December 2020): e0008946. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008946.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Teitelbaum, C. S., C. R. Amoroso, S. Huang, T. J. Davies, J. Rushmore, J. M. Drake, P. R. Stephens, J. E. Byers, A. A. Majewska, and C. L. Nunn. “A comparison of diversity estimators applied to a database of host–parasite associations.” Ecography 43, no. 9 (September 1, 2020): 1316–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05143.Full Text
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Werner, C. S., and C. L. Nunn. “Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: A meta-analysis: Urban Habitat Use and Mammal Parasitism.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1927 (May 27, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0397rspb20200397.Full Text
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Amoroso, C. R., P. M. Kappeler, C. Fichtel, and C. L. Nunn. “Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy.” Journal of Mammalogy 101, no. 2 (May 19, 2020): 574–81. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa020.Full Text
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Werner, Courtney S., and Charles L. Nunn. “Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: a meta-analysis.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 287, no. 1927 (May 2020): 20200397. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0397.Full Text
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Amoroso, C. R., P. M. Kappeler, C. Fichtel, and C. L. Nunn. “Water Availability Impacts Habitat Use by Red-Fronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons): An Experimental and Observational Study.” International Journal of Primatology 41, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00136-9.Full Text
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Gogarten, Jan F., Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Charles L. Nunn, Markus Ulrich, Nasrin Saiepour, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Tobias Deschner, et al. “Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny.” Molecular Ecology Resources 20, no. 1 (January 2020): 204–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13101.Full Text
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Samson, D. R., L. A. Louden, K. Gerstner, S. Wylie, B. Lake, B. J. White, C. L. Nunn, and K. D. Hunt. “Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Group Sleep and Pathogen-Vector Avoidance: Experimental Support for the Encounter-Dilution Effect.” International Journal of Primatology 40, no. 6 (December 1, 2019): 647–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-019-00111-z.Full Text
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Samson, D. R., L. A. Louden, K. Gerstner, S. Wylie, B. Lake, B. J. White, C. L. Nunn, and K. D. Hunt. “Correction to: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Group Sleep and Pathogen-Vector Avoidance: Experimental Support for the Encounter-Dilution Effect (International Journal of Primatology, (2019), 40, 6, (647-659), 10.1007/s10764-019-00111-z).” International Journal of Primatology 40, no. 6 (December 1, 2019): 660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00129-8.Full Text
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Amoroso, C. R., P. M. Kappeler, C. Fichtel, and C. L. Nunn. “Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73, no. 11 (November 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2769-6.Full Text
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Melvin, Emilie, David Samson, and Charles L. Nunn. “Eulerian videography technology improves classification of sleep architecture in primates.” Primates; Journal of Primatology 60, no. 5 (September 2019): 467–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00744-x.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Alexander Vining, and Charles L. Nunn. “Sleep influences cognitive performance in lemurs.” Animal Cognition 22, no. 5 (September 2019): 697–706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01266-1.Full Text
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Herrera, James, and Charles L. Nunn. “Behavioural ecology and infectious disease: implications for conservation of biodiversity.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 374, no. 1781 (September 2019): 20180054. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0054.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Herrera, James P., Debapriyo Chakraborty, Julie Rushmore, Sonia Altizer, and Charles Nunn. “The changing ecology of primate parasites: Insights from wild-captive comparisons.” American Journal of Primatology 81, no. 7 (July 2019): e22991. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22991.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Miller, Ian F., Steven E. Churchill, and Charles L. Nunn. “Speeding in the slow lane: Phylogenetic comparative analyses reveal that not all human life history traits are exceptional.” Journal of Human Evolution 130 (May 2019): 36–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.12.007.Full Text
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Kappeler, Peter M., Charles L. Nunn, Alexander Q. Vining, and Steven M. Goodman. “Evolutionary dynamics of sexual size dimorphism in non-volant mammals following their independent colonization of Madagascar.” Scientific Reports 9, no. 1 (February 2019): 1454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36246-x.Full Text
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Dallas, T. A., B. A. Han, C. L. Nunn, A. W. Park, P. R. Stephens, and J. M. Drake. “Host traits associated with species roles in parasite sharing networks.” Oikos 128, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05602.Full Text
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Miller, Ian F., Robert A. Barton, and Charles L. Nunn. “Quantitative uniqueness of human brain evolution revealed through phylogenetic comparative analysis.” Elife 8 (January 2019): e41250. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.41250.Full Text
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Kelly, Clint D., Andrew M. Stoehr, Charles Nunn, Kendra N. Smyth, and Zofia M. Prokop. “Sexual dimorphism in immunity across animals: a meta-analysis.” Ecology Letters 21, no. 12 (December 2018): 1885–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13164.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn. “Does the moon influence sleep in small-scale societies?” Sleep Health 4, no. 6 (December 2018): 509–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.08.004.Full Text
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Miller, Ian F., India Schneider-Crease, Charles L. Nunn, and Michael P. Muehlenbein. “Estimating infection prevalence: Best practices and their theoretical underpinnings.” Ecology and Evolution 8, no. 13 (July 2018): 6738–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4179.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and David R. Samson. “Sleep in a comparative context: Investigating how human sleep differs from sleep in other primates.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166, no. 3 (July 2018): 601–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23427.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Joel Bray, and Charles L. Nunn. “The cost of deep sleep: Environmental influences on sleep regulation are greater for diurnal lemurs.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166, no. 3 (July 2018): 578–89. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23455.Full Text
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Park, A. W., M. J. Farrell, J. P. Schmidt, S. Huang, T. A. Dallas, P. Pappalardo, J. M. Drake, et al. “Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism-generalism spectrum of mammal parasites.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 285, no. 1874 (March 2018): 20172613. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2613.Full Text
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McCabe, Collin M., and Charles L. Nunn. “Effective Network Size Predicted From Simulations of Pathogen Outbreaks Through Social Networks Provides a Novel Measure of Structure-Standardized Group Size.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5 (January 2018): 71. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00071.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L. “The 1918 influenza pandemic: Ecological, historical, and evolutionary perspectives.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2018, no. 1 (January 2018): 199–200. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoy021.Full Text
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Sumner, K. M., C. M. McCabe, and C. L. Nunn. “Network size, structure, and pathogen transmission: A simulation study comparing different community detection algorithms.” Behaviour 155, no. 7–9 (January 1, 2018): 639–70. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003508.Full Text
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Yu, James J., Melissa B. Manus, Olaf Mueller, Sarah C. Windsor, Julie E. Horvath, and Charles L. Nunn. “Antibacterial soap use impacts skin microbial communities in rural Madagascar.” Plos One 13, no. 8 (January 2018): e0199899. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199899.Full Text
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Manus, Melissa B., Gerald S. Bloomfield, Ashley Sobel Leonard, Laura N. Guidera, David R. Samson, and Charles L. Nunn. “High prevalence of hypertension in an agricultural village in Madagascar.” Plos One 13, no. 8 (2018): e0201616. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201616.Full Text Link to Item
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Nunn, Charles L. “A roadmap for 'core concepts' in evolutionary medicine.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2018, no. 1 (January 2018): 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox026.Full Text
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Dallas, Tad, Shan Huang, Charles Nunn, Andrew W. Park, and John M. Drake. “Estimating parasite host range.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 284, no. 1861 (August 2017): 20171250. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1250.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Melissa B. Manus, Andrew D. Krystal, Efe Fakir, James J. Yu, and Charles L. Nunn. “Segmented sleep in a nonelectric, small-scale agricultural society in Madagascar.” Am J Hum Biol 29, no. 4 (July 8, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22979.Full Text Link to Item
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Samson, David R., Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn. “Chronotype variation drives night-time sentinel-like behaviour in hunter-gatherers.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 284, no. 1858 (July 2017): 20170967. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0967.Full Text
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Schneider-Crease, India, Randi H. Griffin, Megan A. Gomery, Pierre Dorny, John C. Noh, Sukwan Handali, Holly M. Chastain, et al. “Identifying wildlife reservoirs of neglected taeniid tapeworms: Non-invasive diagnosis of endemic Taenia serialis infection in a wild primate population.” Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 11, no. 7 (July 2017): e0005709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005709.Full Text
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Bray, Joel, David R. Samson, and Charles L. Nunn. “Activity patterns in seven captive lemur species: Evidence of cathemerality in Varecia and Lemur catta?” American Journal of Primatology 79, no. 6 (June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22648.Full Text
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Young, Hillary S., Chelsea L. Wood, A Marm Kilpatrick, Kevin D. Lafferty, Charles L. Nunn, and Jeffrey R. Vincent. “Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: scientific evidence and policy implications.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 372, no. 1722 (June 2017): 20160124. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0124.Full Text
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Young, Hillary S., Douglas J. McCauley, Rodolfo Dirzo, Charles L. Nunn, Michael G. Campana, Bernard Agwanda, Erik R. Otarola-Castillo, et al. “Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 372, no. 1722 (June 2017): 20160116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0116.Full Text
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Springer, Andrea, Peter M. Kappeler, and Charles L. Nunn. “Dynamic vs. static social networks in models of parasite transmission: predicting Cryptosporidium spread in wild lemurs.” The Journal of Animal Ecology 86, no. 3 (May 2017): 419–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12617.Full Text
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Stephens, Patrick R., Paula Pappalardo, Shan Huang, James E. Byers, Maxwell J. Farrell, Alyssa Gehman, Ria R. Ghai, et al. “Global Mammal Parasite Database version 2.0.” Ecology 98, no. 5 (May 2017): 1476. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1799.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn. “Hadza sleep biology: Evidence for flexible sleep-wake patterns in hunter-gatherers.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162, no. 3 (March 2017): 573–82. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23160.Full Text
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Amoroso, C. R., A. G. Frink, and C. L. Nunn. “Water choice as a counterstrategy to faecally transmitted disease: An experimental study in captive lemurs.” Behaviour 154, no. 13–15 (January 1, 2017): 1239–58. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003466.Full Text
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Dunn, Robert R., Charles L. Nunn, and Julie E. Horvath. “The Global Synanthrome Project: A Call for an Exhaustive Study of Human Associates.” Trends in Parasitology 33, no. 1 (January 2017): 4–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.09.007.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Stephen C. Stearns. “Progress and change.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2017, no. 1 (January 2017): 50. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox003.Full Text
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Young, Hillary S., Ingrid M. Parker, Gregory S. Gilbert, Ana Sofia Guerra, and Charles L. Nunn. “Introduced Species, Disease Ecology, and Biodiversity-Disease Relationships.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32, no. 1 (January 2017): 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.008.Full Text
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Manus, Melissa B., James J. Yu, Lawrence P. Park, Olaf Mueller, Sarah C. Windsor, Julie E. Horvath, and Charles L. Nunn. “Environmental influences on the skin microbiome of humans and cattle in rural Madagascar.” Evol Med Public Health 2017, no. 1 (2017): 144–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox013.Full Text Link to Item
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Nesse, Randolph M., Caleb E. Finch, and Charles L. Nunn. “Does selection for short sleep duration explain human vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease?” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2017, no. 1 (January 2017): 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow035.Full Text
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Samson, David R., Gandhi M. Yetish, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn. “What is segmented sleep? Actigraphy field validation for daytime sleep and nighttime wake.” Sleep Health 2, no. 4 (December 2016): 341–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2016.09.006.Full Text
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Borries, Carola, Aaron A. Sandel, Andreas Koenig, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Jason M. Kamilar, Caroline R. Amoroso, Robert A. Barton, et al. “Transparency, usability, and reproducibility: Guiding principles for improving comparative databases using primates as examples.” Evolutionary Anthropology 25, no. 5 (September 2016): 232–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21502.Full Text
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Stephens, Patrick R., Sonia Altizer, Katherine F. Smith, A. Alonso Aguirre, James H. Brown, Sarah A. Budischak, James E. Byers, et al. “The macroecology of infectious diseases: a new perspective on global-scale drivers of pathogen distributions and impacts.” Ecology Letters 19, no. 9 (September 2016): 1159–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12644.Full Text
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Sandel, Aaron A., Jordan A. Miller, John C. Mitani, Charles L. Nunn, Samantha K. Patterson, and László Zsolt Garamszegi. “Assessing sources of error in comparative analyses of primate behavior: Intraspecific variation in group size and the social brain hypothesis.” Journal of Human Evolution 94 (May 2016): 126–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.007.Full Text
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Young, H. S., R. Dirzo, K. M. Helgen, D. J. Mccauley, C. L. Nunn, P. Snyder, K. E. Veblen, S. Zhao, and V. O. Ezenwa. “Large wildlife removal drives immune defence increases in rodents.” Functional Ecology 30, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 799–807. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12542.Full Text
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Vining, Alexander Q., and Charles L. Nunn. “Evolutionary change in physiological phenotypes along the human lineage.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2016, no. 1 (January 2016): 312–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow026.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., David R. Samson, and Andrew D. Krystal. “Shining evolutionary light on human sleep and sleep disorders.” Evol Med Public Health 2016, no. 1 (2016): 227–43. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eow018.Full Text Link to Item
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Samson, David R., and Charles L. Nunn. “Sleep intensity and the evolution of human cognition.” Evolutionary Anthropology 24, no. 6 (November 2015): 225–37. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21464.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., S. C. Alberts, C. R. McClain, S. R. Meshnick, T. J. Vision, B. M. Wiegmann, and A. G. Rodrigo. “Linking Evolution, Ecology, and Health: TriCEM.” Bioscience 65, no. 8 (July 29, 2015): 748–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv086.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Ian Wallace, and Cynthea M. Beall. “Connecting evolution, medicine, and public health.” Evolutionary Anthropology 24, no. 4 (July 2015): 127–29. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21451.Full Text
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Kappeler, Peter M., Sylvia Cremer, and Charles L. Nunn. “Sociality and health: impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370, no. 1669 (May 2015): 20140116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0116.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Ferenc Jordán, Collin M. McCabe, Jennifer L. Verdolin, and Jennifer H. Fewell. “Infectious disease and group size: more than just a numbers game.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370, no. 1669 (May 2015): 20140111. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0111.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Meggan E. Craft, Thomas R. Gillespie, Mark Schaller, and Peter M. Kappeler. “The sociality-health-fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370, no. 1669 (May 2015): 20140115. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0115.Full Text
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Capellini, Isabella, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton. “Microparasites and Placental Invasiveness in Eutherian Mammals.” Plos One 10, no. 7 (January 2015): e0132563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132563.Full Text
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McCabe, Collin M., Simon M. Reader, and Charles L. Nunn. “Infectious disease, behavioural flexibility and the evolution of culture in primates.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 282, no. 1799 (January 2015): 20140862. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0862.Full Text
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Pilosof, Shai, Serge Morand, Boris R. Krasnov, and Charles L. Nunn. “Potential parasite transmission in multi-host networks based on parasite sharing.” Plos One 10, no. 3 (January 2015): e0117909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117909.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Natalie Cooper. “Investigating evolutionary lag using the species-pairs evolutionary lag test (SPELT).” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 69, no. 1 (January 2015): 245–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12520.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., Brian Hare, Charles L. Nunn, Elsa Addessi, Federica Amici, Rindy C. Anderson, Filippo Aureli, et al. “The evolution of self-control.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111, no. 20 (May 20, 2014): E2140–48. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323533111.Full Text Link to Item
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Nunn, Charles L., Carrie Brezine, Anna E. Jolles, and Vanessa O. Ezenwa. “Interactions between micro- and macroparasites predict microparasite species richness across primates.” The American Naturalist 183, no. 4 (April 2014): 494–505. https://doi.org/10.1086/675362.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., P. H. Thrall, and P. M. Kappeler. “Shared resources and disease dynamics in spatially structured populations.” Ecological Modelling 272 (January 24, 2014): 198–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.10.004.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., E. J. Scully, N. Kutsukake, J. Ostner, O. Schülke, and P. H. Thrall. “Mating Competition, Promiscuity, and Life History Traits as Predictors of Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk in Primates.” International Journal of Primatology, 2014.
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Nunn, C. L., E. J. Scully, N. Kutsukake, J. Ostner, O. Schülke, and P. H. Thrall. “Mating Competition, Promiscuity, and Life History Traits as Predictors of Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk in Primates.” International Journal of Primatology 35, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2014): 764–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-014-9781-5.Full Text
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Matthews, L. J., J. Edmonds, W. J. Wildman, and C. L. Nunn. “Cultural inheritance or cultural diffusion of religious violence? A quantitative case study of the Radical Reformation.” Religion, Brain and Behavior 3, no. 1 (July 2, 2013): 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.707388.Full Text
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Gómez, José María, Charles L. Nunn, and Miguel Verdú. “Centrality in primate-parasite networks reveals the potential for the transmission of emerging infectious diseases to humans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110, no. 19 (May 2013): 7738–41. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1220716110.Full Text
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Young, Hillary, Randi H. Griffin, Chelsea L. Wood, and Charles L. Nunn. “Does habitat disturbance increase infectious disease risk for primates?” Ecology Letters 16, no. 5 (May 2013): 656–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12094.Full Text
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Cooper, N., and C. L. Nunn. “Identifying future zoonotic disease threats: Where are the gaps in our understanding of primate infectious diseases?” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 2013, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 27–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot001.Full Text
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Cooper, Natalie, Randi Griffin, Mathias Franz, Moshood Omotayo, Charles L. Nunn, and John Fryxell. “Phylogenetic host specificity and understanding parasite sharing in primates.” Ecology Letters 15, no. 12 (December 2012): 1370–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01858.x.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Brian Hare. “Pathogen flow: what we need to know.” American Journal of Primatology 74, no. 12 (December 2012): 1084–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22070.Full Text
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Garamszegi, L. Z., C. L. Nunn, and C. M. McCabe. “Informatics approaches to develop dynamic meta-analyses.” Evolutionary Ecology 26, no. 5 (September 1, 2012): 1275–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-012-9592-0.Full Text
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Griffin, R. H., and C. L. Nunn. “Community structure and the spread of infectious disease in primate social networks.” Evolutionary Ecology 26, no. 4 (July 1, 2012): 779–800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-011-9526-2.Full Text
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Rifkin, Joanna L., Charles L. Nunn, and László Z. Garamszegi. “Do animals living in larger groups experience greater parasitism? A meta-analysis.” The American Naturalist 180, no. 1 (July 2012): 70–82. https://doi.org/10.1086/666081.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L. “Primate disease ecology in comparative and theoretical perspective.” American Journal of Primatology 74, no. 6 (June 2012): 497–509. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.21986.Full Text
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Ross, C. F., J. Iriarte-Diaz, and C. L. Nunn. “Innovative Approaches to the Relationship Between Diet and Mandibular Morphology in Primates.” International Journal of Primatology 33, no. 3 (June 1, 2012): 632–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-012-9599-y.Full Text
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Griffin, Randi H., Luke J. Matthews, and Charles L. Nunn. “Evolutionary disequilibrium and activity period in primates: a bayesian phylogenetic approach.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147, no. 3 (March 2012): 409–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22008.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., Luke J. Matthews, Brian A. Hare, Charles L. Nunn, Rindy C. Anderson, Filippo Aureli, Elizabeth M. Brannon, et al. “How does cognition evolve? Phylogenetic comparative psychology.” Anim Cogn 15, no. 2 (March 2012): 223–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-011-0448-8.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Cooper, Natalie, Jason M. Kamilar, and Charles L. Nunn. “Host longevity and parasite species richness in mammals.” Plos One 7, no. 8 (January 2012): e42190. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042190.Full Text
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Organ, Chris, Charles L. Nunn, Zarin Machanda, and Richard W. Wrangham. “Phylogenetic rate shifts in feeding time during the evolution of Homo.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, no. 35 (August 2011): 14555–59. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1107806108.Full Text
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Acerbi, Alberto, Claudio Tennie, and Charles L. Nunn. “Modeling imitation and emulation in constrained search spaces.” Learning & Behavior 39, no. 2 (May 2011): 104–14. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-010-0009-z.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Christian Arnold, and Walter D. Koenig. “Mutualism or parasitism? Using a phylogenetic approach to characterize the oxpecker-ungulate relationship.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 65, no. 5 (May 2011): 1297–1304. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01212.x.Full Text
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Matthews, Luke J., Christian Arnold, Zarin Machanda, and Charles L. Nunn. “Primate extinction risk and historical patterns of speciation and extinction in relation to body mass.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 278, no. 1709 (April 2011): 1256–63. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1489.Full Text
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Matthews, Luke J., Jamie J. Tehrani, Fiona M. Jordan, Mark Collard, and Charles L. Nunn. “Testing for divergent transmission histories among cultural characters: a study using Bayesian phylogenetic methods and Iranian tribal textile data.” Plos One 6, no. 4 (April 2011): e14810. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014810.Full Text
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Acerbi, A., and C. L. Nunn. “Predation and the phasing of sleep: An evolutionary individual-based model.” Animal Behaviour 81, no. 4 (January 1, 2011): 801–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.015.Full Text
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Carnes, Laurel Mariah, Charles L. Nunn, and Rebecca J. Lewis. “Effects of the distribution of female primates on the number of males.” Plos One 6, no. 5 (January 2011): e19853. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019853.Full Text
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Garamszegi, L. Z., and C. L. Nunn. “Parasite-mediated evolution of the functional part of the MHC in primates.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, no. 1 (January 2011): 184–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02156.x.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Peter H. Thrall, Fabian H. Leendertz, and Christophe Boesch. “The spread of fecally transmitted parasites in socially-structured populations.” Plos One 6, no. 6 (January 2011): e21677. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021677.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Christian Arnold, Luke Matthews, and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder. “Simulating trait evolution for cross-cultural comparison.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 365, no. 1559 (December 2010): 3807–19. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0009.Full Text
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Arnold, Christian, and Charles L. Nunn. “Phylogenetic targeting of research effort in evolutionary biology.” The American Naturalist 176, no. 5 (November 2010): 601–12. https://doi.org/10.1086/656490.Full Text
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Franz, Mathias, and Charles L. Nunn. “Investigating the impact of observation errors on the statistical performance of network-based diffusion analysis.” Learning & Behavior 38, no. 3 (August 2010): 235–42. https://doi.org/10.3758/lb.38.3.235.Full Text
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Lindenfors, Patrik, L. J. Revell, and C. L. Nunn. “Sexual dimorphism in primate aerobic capacity: a phylogenetic test.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23, no. 6 (June 2010): 1183–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01983.x.Full Text
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Arnold, C., L. J. Matthews, and C. L. Nunn. “The 10kTrees website: A new online resource for primate phylogeny.” Evolutionary Anthropology 19, no. 3 (May 1, 2010): 114–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.20251.Full Text
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Nunn, C., and S. Altizer. “Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution.” Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, April 1, 2010, 1–400. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198565857.001.0001.Full Text
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Clauss, Marcus, Charles Nunn, Julia Fritz, and Jürgen Hummel. “Evidence for a tradeoff between retention time and chewing efficiency in large mammalian herbivores.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology 154, no. 3 (November 2009): 376–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.07.016.Full Text
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Fritz, J., J. Hummel, E. Kienzle, C. Arnold, C. Nunn, and M. Clauss. “Comparative chewing efficiency in mammalian herbivores.” Oikos 118, no. 11 (November 1, 2009): 1623–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17807.x.Full Text
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Franz, M., and C. L. Nunn. “Rapid evolution of social learning.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, no. 9 (September 2009): 1914–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01804.x.Full Text
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Junglen, S., A. Kurth, H. Kuehl, P. -. L. Quan, H. Ellerbrok, G. Pauli, A. Nitsche, et al. “Examining landscape factors influencing relative distribution of mosquito genera and frequency of virus infection.” Ecohealth 6, no. 2 (June 2009): 239–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0260-y.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., P. H. Thrall, K. Bartz, T. Dasgupta, and C. Boesch. “Do transmission mechanisms or social systems drive cultural dynamics in socially structured populations?” Animal Behaviour 77, no. 6 (June 1, 2009): 1515–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.023.Full Text
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Franz, Mathias, and Charles L. Nunn. “Network-based diffusion analysis: a new method for detecting social learning.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 276, no. 1663 (May 2009): 1829–36. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1824.Full Text
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Jensen, Siv Aina, Roger Mundry, Charles L. Nunn, Christophe Boesch, and Fabian H. Leendertz. “Non-invasive body temperature measurement of wild chimpanzees using fecal temperature decline.” Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45, no. 2 (April 2009): 542–46. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.542.Full Text
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Capellini, I., P. McNamara, B. T. Preston, C. L. Nunn, and R. A. Barton. “Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test.” Plos One 4, no. 2 (February 25, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004609.Full Text
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Capellini, Isabella, Patrick McNamara, Brian T. Preston, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton. “Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test.” Plos One 4, no. 2 (January 2009): e4609. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004609.Full Text
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Kutsukake, N., and C. L. Nunn. “The causes and consequences of reproductive skew in male primates,” January 1, 2009, 165–95. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511641954.009.Full Text
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Mundry, Roger, and Charles L. Nunn. “Stepwise model fitting and statistical inference: turning noise into signal pollution.” The American Naturalist 173, no. 1 (January 2009): 119–23. https://doi.org/10.1086/593303.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Patrik Lindenfors, E Rhiannon Pursall, and Jens Rolff. “On sexual dimorphism in immune function.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 364, no. 1513 (January 2009): 61–69. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0148.Full Text
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Preston, Brian T., Isabella Capellini, Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, and Charles L. Nunn. “Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep.” Bmc Evolutionary Biology 9 (January 2009): 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-7.Full Text
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Ostner, J., C. L. Nunn, and O. Schülke. “Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates.” Behavioral Ecology 19, no. 6 (November 26, 2008): 1150–58. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn093.Full Text
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Capellini, I., C. L. Nunn, P. McNamara, B. T. Preston, and R. A. Barton. “Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals.” Functional Ecology 22, no. 5 (October 2008): 847–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01449.x.Full Text
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Capellini, Isabella, Robert A. Barton, Patrick McNamara, Brian T. Preston, and Charles L. Nunn. “Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 62, no. 7 (July 2008): 1764–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00392.x.Full Text
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Clauss, Marcus, W Jürgen Streich, Charles L. Nunn, Sylvia Ortmann, Gottfried Hohmann, Angela Schwarm, and Jürgen Hummel. “The influence of natural diet composition, food intake level, and body size on ingesta passage in primates.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology 150, no. 3 (July 2008): 274–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.03.012.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., P. H. Thrall, K. Stewart, and A. H. Harcourt. “Emerging infectious diseases and animal social systems.” Evolutionary Ecology 22, no. 4 (July 1, 2008): 519–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-007-9180-x.Full Text
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Acerbi, Alberto, Patrick McNamara, and Charles L. Nunn. “To sleep or not to sleep: the ecology of sleep in artificial organisms.” Bmc Ecology 8 (May 2008): 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-8-10.Full Text
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Thierry, B., F. Aureli, C. L. Nunn, O. Petit, C. Abegg, and F. B. M. de Waal. “A comparative study of conflict resolution in macaques: insights into the nature of trait covariation.” Animal Behaviour 75, no. 3 (March 1, 2008): 847–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.006.Full Text
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Gillespie, Thomas R., Charles L. Nunn, and Fabian H. Leendertz. “Integrative approaches to the study of primate infectious disease: implications for biodiversity conservation and global health.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl 47 (January 2008): 53–69. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20949.Full Text
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Pedersen, Amy B., Kate E. Jones, Charles L. Nunn, and Sonia Altizer. “Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals.” Conservation Biology. 21, no. 5 (October 2007): 1269–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00776.x.Full Text
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Hopkins, M. E., and C. L. Nunn. “A global gap analysis of infectious agents in wild primates.” Diversity and Distributions 13, no. 5 (September 1, 2007): 561–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00364.x.Full Text
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Lindenfors, P., C. L. Nunn, K. E. Jones, A. A. Cunningham, W. Sechrest, and J. L. Gittleman. “Parasite species richness in carnivores: Effects of host body mass, latitude, geographical range and population density.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 16, no. 4 (July 1, 2007): 496–509. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00301.x.Full Text
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Lindenfors, Patrik, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton. “Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex.” Bmc Biology 5 (May 2007): 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-5-20.Full Text
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Altizer, Sonia, Charles L. Nunn, and Patrik Lindenfors. “Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primates.” The Journal of Animal Ecology 76, no. 2 (March 2007): 304–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01214.x.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., B. Rothschild, and J. L. Gittleman. “Why are some species more commonly afflicted by arthritis than others? A comparative study of spondyloarthropathy in primates and carnivores.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20, no. 2 (March 2007): 460–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01276.x.Full Text
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Kutsukake, N., and C. L. Nunn. “Comparative tests of reproductive skew in male primates: The roles of demographic factors and incomplete control.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60, no. 5 (September 1, 2006): 695–706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0213-1.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Adrian Tae-Won Dokey. “Ranging patterns and parasitism in primates.” Biology Letters 2, no. 3 (September 2006): 351–54. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0485.Full Text
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Leendertz, F. H., G. Pauli, K. Maetz-Rensing, W. Boardman, C. Nunn, H. Ellerbrok, S. A. Jensen, S. Junglen, and B. Christophe. “Pathogens as drivers of population declines: The importance of systematic monitoring in great apes and other threatened mammals.” Biological Conservation 131, no. 2 (August 1, 2006): 325–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.002.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., M. B. Mulder, and S. Langley. “Comparative methods for studying cultural trait evolution: A simulation study.” Cross Cultural Research 40, no. 2 (May 1, 2006): 177–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397105283401.Full Text
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Borgerhoff Mulder, M., C. L. Nunn, and M. C. Towner. “Cultural macroevolution and the transmission of traits.” Evolutionary Anthropology 15, no. 2 (March 1, 2006): 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.20088.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and E. W. Heymann. “Malaria infection and host behavior: A comparative study of Neotropical primates.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59, no. 1 (November 1, 2005): 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0005-z.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., S. M. Altizer, W. Sechrest, and A. A. Cunningham. “Latitudinal gradients of parasite species richness in primates.” Diversity and Distributions 11, no. 3 (May 1, 2005): 249–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00160.x.Full Text
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Pedersen, Amy B., Sonia Altizer, Mary Poss, Andrew A. Cunningham, and Charles L. Nunn. “Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primates.” International Journal for Parasitology 35, no. 6 (May 2005): 647–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.005.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and R. O. Deaner. “Patterns of participation and free riding in territorial conflicts among ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57, no. 1 (November 1, 2004): 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-004-0830-5.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., Sonia Altizer, Wes Sechrest, Kate E. Jones, Robert A. Barton, and John L. Gittleman. “Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate clades.” The American Naturalist 164 Suppl 5 (November 2004): S90-103. https://doi.org/10.1086/424608.Full Text
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Lindenfors, Patrik, Laila Fröberg, and Charles L. Nunn. “Females drive primate social evolution.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 271 Suppl 3 (February 2004): S101–3. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0114.Full Text
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Vitone, N. D., S. Altizer, and C. L. Nunn. “Body size, diet and sociality influence the species richness of parasitic worms in anthropoid primates.” Evolutionary Ecology Research 6, no. 2 (February 1, 2004): 183–99.
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Nunn, Charles L., Sonia Altizer, Kate E. Jones, and Wes Sechrest. “Comparative tests of parasite species richness in primates.” The American Naturalist 162, no. 5 (November 2003): 597–614. https://doi.org/10.1086/378721.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “Behavioral defences against sexually transmitted diseases in primates.” Animal Behaviour 66, no. 1 (July 1, 2003): 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2130.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., John L. Gittleman, and Janis Antonovics. “A comparative study of white blood cell counts and disease risk in carnivores.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 270, no. 1513 (February 2003): 347–56. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2249.Full Text
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Altizer, S., C. L. Nunn, P. H. Thrall, J. L. Gittleman, J. Antonovics, A. A. Cunningham, A. P. Dobson, et al. “Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integrating Theory and Empirical Studies.” Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 34 (January 1, 2003): 517–47. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.030102.151725.Full Text
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Wich, S. A., and C. L. Nunn. “Do male "long-distance calls" function in mate defense? A comparative study of long-distance calls in primates.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, no. 6 (November 1, 2002): 474–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-002-0541-8.Full Text
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Zinner, Dietmar, Susan C. Alberts, Charles L. Nunn, and Jeanne Altmann. “Evolutionary biology: significance of primate sexual swellings.” Nature 420, no. 6912 (November 2002): 142–43. https://doi.org/10.1038/420142a.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “Spleen size, disease risk and sexual selection: A comparative study in primates.” Evolutionary Ecology Research 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 91–107.
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Nunn, Charles L. “A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primates.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 56, no. 1 (January 2002): 177–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00859.x.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., C. P. Van Schaik, and D. Zinner. “Do exaggerated sexual swellings function in female mating competition in primates? A comparative test of the reliable indicator hypothesis.” Behavioral Ecology 12, no. 5 (January 1, 2001): 646–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/12.5.646.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and R. A. Barton. “Comparative methods for studying primate adaptation and allometry.” Evolutionary Anthropology 10, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 81–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.1019.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., J. L. Gittleman, and J. Antonovics. “Promiscuity and the primate immune system.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 290, no. 5494 (November 2000): 1168–70. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5494.1168.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Robert A. Barton. “Allometric Slopes and Independent Contrasts: A Comparative Test of Kleiber's Law in Primate Ranging Patterns.” The American Naturalist 156, no. 5 (November 2000): 519–33. https://doi.org/10.1086/303405.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and M. E. Pereira. “Group histories and offspring sex ratios in ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48, no. 1 (June 1, 2000): 18–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650000206.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “Maternal recognition of infant calls in ring-tailed lemurs.” Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology 71, no. 3 (May 2000): 142–46. https://doi.org/10.1159/000021742.Full Text
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Deaner, R. O., C. L. Nunn, and C. P. van Schaik. “Comparative tests of primate cognition: different scaling methods produce different results.” Brain, Behavior and Evolution 55, no. 1 (January 2000): 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1159/000006641.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “The evolution of exaggerated sexual swellings in primates and the graded-signal hypothesis.” Animal Behaviour 58, no. 2 (August 1999): 229–46. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1159.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “The number of males in primate social groups: A comparative test of the socioecological model.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46, no. 1 (June 1, 1999): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650050586.Full Text
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Deaner, R. O., and C. L. Nunn. “How quickly do brains catch up with bodies? A comparative method for detecting evolutionary lag.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 266, no. 1420 (April 1999): 687–94. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0690.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and K. K. Smith. “Statistical analyses of developmental sequences: the craniofacial region in marsupial and placental mammals.” The American Naturalist 152, no. 1 (July 1998): 82–101. https://doi.org/10.1086/286151.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L. “A simulation test of Smith's "Degrees of freedom" correction for comparative studies.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 98, no. 3 (November 1995): 355–67. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330980308.Full Text
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Book Sections
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Nunn, Charles L., and Thomas R. Gillespie. “Infectious disease and primate conservation.” In An Introduction to Primate Conservation, 157–74. Oxford University Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703389.003.0010.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., and L. Zhu. “Phylogenetic prediction to identify “evolutionary singularities”.” In Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology, 481–514, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_21.Full Text
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Capellini, I., B. T. Preston, P. McNamara, R. A. Barton, and C. L. Nunn. “Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.” In Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, 9780521894975:12–23, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642074.002.Full Text
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McNamara, P., C. L. Nunn, and R. A. Barton. “Introduction,” 9780521894975:1–11, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642074.001.Full Text
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Nunn, C. L., P. McNamara, I. Capellini, B. T. Preston, and R. A. Barton. “Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective.” In Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, 9780521894975:123–44, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642074.007.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Mckinnon, Leela, David R. Samson, Charles L. Nunn, Amanda Rowlands, Katrina G. Salvante, and Pablo A. Nepomnaschy. “Is Sleep Disturbance in Menopause Explained by Evolutionary Mismatch? Evidence from Three Cohorts of Guatemalan Maya.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 174:69–69, 2021.Link to Item
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Amoroso, Caroline R., Peter M. Kappeler, Claudia Fichtel, and Charles L. Nunn. “Water availability, primate ranging behavior, and implications for parasite transmission: an experimental and observational study of wild red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in a dry deciduous forest.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168:6–6. WILEY, 2019.Link to Item
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Herrera, James P., and Charles L. Nunn. “Coevolution and coextinction of primates and their parasites.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168:102–102. WILEY, 2019.Link to Item
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Miller, I. F., R. A. Barton, S. Churchill, and C. L. Nunn. “Quantifying human uniqueness through phylogenetic comparative methods.” In American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 30. WILEY, 2018.Link to Item
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Amoroso, Caroline R., and Charles L. Nunn. “Human parasitism in a comparative context: Are humans exceptionally parasitized?” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162:99–100. WILEY, 2017.Link to Item
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McCabe, Collin M., Hillary S. Young, Sara B. Weinstein, and Charles L. Nunn. “Unwelcome Guests: Human-rodent Commensalism and its Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transfer.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162:280–81. WILEY, 2017.Link to Item
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Amoroso, Caroline R., Kyle C. M. Smith, Alexa G. Frink, and Charles L. Nunn. “Parasite risk influences the water preferences of lemurs.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:79–79. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.Link to Item
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Nunn, Charles L., and David R. Samson. “Shining Evolutionary Light on Human Sleep: Sleep Intensity and Human Cognition.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:242–242. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.Link to Item
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Samson, David R., Melissa Manus, and Charles L. Nunn. “Sleep duration, quality and timing in a non-electric population in Madagascar.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:278–278. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.Link to Item
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Trentadue, Taylor P., Charles L. Nunn, and Daniel Schmitt. “Investigating musculoskeletal health and limb biomechanics in Mandena, Madagascar: A quantitative approach to understanding normal and pathological gait patterns.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:317–18. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.Link to Item
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Vining, Alexander Q., and Charles L. Nunn. “A comparative analysis of evolutionary changes in human physiological traits.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:324–324. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.Link to Item
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McCabe, C. M., F. Jordan, and C. L. Nunn. “MORE THAN JUST A NUMBERS GAME: POPULATIONS, NETWORKS, AND DISEASE DYNAMICS IN PRIMATES.” In American Journal of Primatology, 77:44–45. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.Link to Item
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Nunn, Charles L., Joanna L. Rifkin, Laszlo Z. Garamszegi, and Mccabe Collin. “Do parasites constrain group size? A phylogenetic comparative study and meta-analysis.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147:226–226. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.Link to Item
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Nunn, C. L., and R. A. Barton. “Allometric slopes and independent contrasts: a comparative test of Kleiber's law in primate ranging patterns.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 239–239. WILEY-LISS, 2000.Link to Item
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Nunn, C. L. “The number of males in primate social groups: a comparative test of the socioecological model.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 213–213. WILEY-LISS, 1999.Link to Item
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Preprints
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Creighton, Maria J. A., and Charles L. Nunn. “Explaining the primate extinction crisis: predictors of extinction risk and active threats.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, December 12, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.08.519299.Full Text
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- EVANTH 590S: Special Topics 2023
- BIOLOGY 791T: Tutorial 2022
- EVANTH 285: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health 2022
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2022
- GLHLTH 304: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health 2022
- EVANTH 285: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health 2021
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2021
- EVANTH 495S: Advanced Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2021
- EVANTH 590S: Special Topics 2021
- EVANTH 701S: Concepts in Evolutionary Anthropology -A 2021
- EVANTH 791: Independent Study 2021
- EVANTH 793: Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2021
- GLHLTH 304: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Goettinger Freilandtage. December 5, 2013 2013
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists Symposium. October 7, 2013 2013
- Animal Behavior. October 7, 2012 2012
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists Symposium. October 7, 2011 2011
- Curriculum for the Environment and ECology. October 7, 2011 2011
- Evolutionary Anthropology. October 7, 2011 2011
- Evolutionary Morphology. October 7, 2011 2011
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists Symposium. October 7, 2010 2010
- American Society of Primatologists. October 7, 2010 2010
- The AnthroTree Workshop. October 7, 2010 2010
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Data+ Project Leader. Data+. 2020 2020
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Social-ecological Networks and Zoonotic Disease in Rural Madagascar. 2019 - 2020 2019 - 2020
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. How Do People Affect Zoonotic Disease Dynamics in Madagascar?. 2018 - 2019 2018 - 2019
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Cookstoves and Air Pollution in Madagascar: Finding Winning Solutions for Human Health and Biodiversity. August 2016 - May 2017 2016 - 2017
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Shining Evolutionary Light on Global Health Challenges . August 2014 - May 2015 2014 - 2015
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Service to the Profession
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Service to Duke
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