What Can We Learn By Macacques?

In this talk, Dr Jerome Micheletta will explain how better understanding the macaques’ behaviour helps us to understand how and why humans behave the way we do.

Like humans and other primates, macaques have big brains and live in large social groups. In order to live in these complex groups, they need to keep track of each other and take part in intricate social interactions.

To do this, they use sophisticated and subtle communication, such as facial expressions, body postures and vocalisations. Humans are closely related to macaques as we have all evolved from a common ancestor.