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This project explores the evolution of disease recognition in primates, linking it to social cognition. By studying mandrills, it examines how visual, acoustic, and olfactory cues are used to signal infection and recognize disease in others.
An astounding example of human social complexity is the global healthcare industry, in which we perform lifesaving surgeries, eradicate childhood diseases, provide global vaccinations, and track the evolution and outbreak of novel zoonotic diseases.
Surprisingly, all of this hinges on a cognitive ability whose evolutionary origins are largely unknown: the ability to recognize disease in others.
Under the mentorship of Dr Joanna Setchell (Durham University), a world-leading expert in primate dise…
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