Dr. Christopher Schmitt - Vervets and woolly monkeys

Dr. Christopher Schmitt of Boston University joins the show to talk about how he uses life history theory and epigenetics as a lens for his work with vervets and woolly monkeys. We also chatted about the highs of fieldwork, along with understanding how identity can affect an individual's experience of the field. Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode + helpful sites and articles: Dr. Schmitt's personal website Dr. Schmitt's faculty profile at Boston University Schmitt, C., Service, S., Jasinska, A. et al. Obesity and obesogenic growth are both highly heritable and modified by diet in a nonhuman primate model, the African green monkey ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus ) . Int J Obes 42 , 765–774 (2018). Carrey, N. (2011). The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance . Stearns, S.C. (1992). The Evolution of Life Histories . Oxford University Press. Turner, T. R., Schmitt, C. A., & Cramer, J. D. (2019). Savanna Monkeys: The Genus Chlorocebus . Cambridge University Press.

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Dr. Christopher Schmitt - Vervets and woolly monkeys is an episode from AnthroBiology Podcast by Gaby Lapera.

This episode is 55:55 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2025.

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