Dara Adams

Research Focus

I am a biological anthropologist who specializes in primate behavioral ecology, communication, and conservation. I utilize behavioral and experimental field methods to understand how ecology shapes (and is shaped by) primate social systems and behavior. My primary research investigates how primates cope with the possibility of predation and whether such coping mechanisms thwart hunting by predators. I have conducted research on primates across Latin America over the past decade, including black and hybrid howler monkeys in Mexico, mantled howlers in Costa Rica, and titi and saki monkeys in Peru. My other areas of scholarly interest include community ecology and biodiversity conservation, multispecies ethnography, socio-ecological crises, and the anthropology of infectious disease.

Teaching Specialties

• Biological Anthropology
• Method & Theory in Biological Anthropology
• Primate Adaptation & Evolution
• Ecology & Conservation
• Animals in Human Evolution & Society