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Who we are

Our team conducts research at the intersection of evolutionary biology, ecology and social sciences. We aim to improve our understanding of behavior and health in humans and non-human primates. Our team works at the Institut des Sciences de l'évolution de Montpellier (ISEM).

Publications
Evolutionary Anthropology @ISEM

Recent articles

Our projects

Our themes

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Language

Language - a key element of cultural identity - plays a crucial role in the formation of norms. To study the mechanisms underlying certain social behaviors (such as the propensity to homophobia), it is useful to have access to individuals' mental representations....
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Medicine and Public Health

The evolutionary approach, and in particular the consideration of natural selection processes and evolutionary trade-offs, has led to multiple applications in medicine, and can open up many avenues to current health issues.
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Primatology

The Evolutionary Anthropology team conducts two long-term field programs on natural populations of non-human primates in Africa living in contrasting ecosystems
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Human Evolution

Our evolutionary history has shaped many traits selected in response to various socio-ecological environments. Our team studies local adaptation and Darwinian paradoxes.

Open Science

Team Science

Big Data

Fieldwork

Experiments

Models

Contact

Institute of Evolutionary Sciences

University of Montpellier

Triolet Campus

34 095 Cedex 05

04 67 14 46 32

Evolutionary Anthropology @ISEM