Field studies of wild capuchins in Brazil and Suriname (with Barth Wright, Kristin Wright and David Strait) have yielded important data on relationships between feeding behavior, food mechanical properties, and feeding posture. This important work continues with ontogenetic studies of capuchin feeding behavior under Myra Laird, Claire Terhune, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, and Megan Holmes.

Related Publications

Effects of food material properties on food processing efficiency in bearded capuchins
Chalk-Wilayto, J, Fogaça, M, Wright, B, van Casteren, A, Fragaszy, D, Izar, P, Visalberghi, E, Strait, D, Ross, CF, Wright, K, Laird, M. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. (2022) [DOI]

Feeding postural behaviors and food material and geometric properties in bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)
Laird, MF, Punjani, Z, Oshay, RR, Wright, BW, Fogaça, MD, van Casteren, A, Izar, P, Visalberghi, E, Fragazy, D, Strait, DS, Ross, CF, Wright, KA. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 178(1): 3–16 (2022) [DOI]

Grit your teeth and chew your food: Implications of food material properties and abrasives for rates of dental microwear formation in laboratory Sapajus apella (Primates)
Teaford, MF, Ungar, PS, Taylor, AB, Vinyard, CJ, Ross, CF, Laird, MF. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoecology. 583(4):110644 (2021) [DOI]

How capuchin monkeys use their semi-prehensile tail
Mangalam, M, Ross, CF, Izar, P, Visalberghi, E, Fragaszy, DM. Current Science. 122(2): 195-200 (2022)

Ingestive behaviors in bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus)
Laird, MF, Wright, BW, Rivera, AO, Fogaça, MD, van Casteren, A, Fragaszy, DM, Izar, P, Visalberghi, E, Scott, RS, Strait, DS, Ross, CF, Wright, KA. Scientific Reports. 357:30:00 (2020) [DOI]

Sagittal suture strain in capuchin monkeys during feeding
Byron, C, Reed, DA, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Wang, Q, Strait, D, Laird, MF, Ross, CF. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 180(4), 633– 654 (2023) [DOI]

Taking a big bite: working together to better understand the evolution of feeding in primates
Wright, BW, Wright, KA, Strait, DS, Ross, CF, Laird, MF, Van Casteren, A, Scott, R. American Journal of Primatology. (2019) [DOI]

The dental microwear of hard-object feeding in laboratory Sapajus apella and its implications for dental microwear formation
Teaford, MF, Ungar, PS, Taylor, AB Ross, CF, Vinyard, CJ. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (2020) [DOI]