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

Dynamic finite element modelling of the macaque mandible during a complete mastication gape cycle
Olga Panagiotopoulou, Dale Robinson, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, David Ackland, Andrea B. Taylor and Callum F. Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220549. (2023) [PDF] [DOI]

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]

Gape drives regional variation in temporalis architectural dynamics in tufted capuchins
Myra F. Laird, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Craig D. Byron, Michael C. Granatosky, Andrea B. Taylor and Callum F. Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220550. (2023) [PDF] [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]

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]

Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in Eulemur and Varecia
Myra F Laird, Taylor A Polvadore , Gabrielle A Hirschkorn, Julie C McKinney, Callum F Ross, Andrea B Taylor, Claire E Terhune, Jose Iriarte-Diaz. Journal of Morphology. 285(5):e21699 (2024) [DOI] [PubMed]