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Chimpanzee self-medication in Budongo Forest: investigating the use of putative self-medicative resources in the Sonso and Waibira communities

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This DPhil project explores established and putative self-medicative behaviors amongst wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. The study spans eight and a half months of multidisciplinary data from two wild chimpanzee communities, Sonso and Waibira, supplemented by thirty years of longitudinal data. The literature review contextualizes Zoopharmacognosy, the study of non-human self-medication, tracing its epistemic origins. Additionally, it ...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Research group:
Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab
Oxford college:
Keble College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5484-8643

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Supervisor
Role:
Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Research group:
Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0003-4542-3720
Role:
Examiner
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Role:
Examiner
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Funding agency for:
Freymann, E
Grant:
SFF2021_CB1_SSD_1241283
Programme:
Clarendon Award
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/03tknt305
Funding agency for:
Freymann, E
Programme:
The Explorers Club Expedition Grant
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/047cttg96
Funding agency for:
Freymann, E
Programme:
Thematic Research Grant
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Funding agency for:
Freymann, E
Programme:
de Breyne Award
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Programme:
The Boise Award
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
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