Barbara Smuts
Barbara Boardman Smuts (* 1950 ) is a behavioral scientist , anthropologist, and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Michigan .
Smuts earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Stanford Medical School. in neurobiological behavioral research . In the early 1980s she worked with Jane Goodall on chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park . Subsequently, Smuts lived for several years with groups of Anubis baboons in Kenya and Tanzania , where she studied their social and sexual behavior. The resulting book Sex and Friendship in Baboons (1985) is the first detailed study of friendships in non-human animals.
In 1983, Smuts succeeded in bringing together leading primatologists for a year together for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University . The resulting work Primate Societies (1987) is regarded as the standard work of behavioral research and ecology of primates. In her collaborations, Smuts crossed the boundaries of sociobiology and cultural anthropology . She herself held a chair in biopsychology .
Further work by Smut deals with the mother-child relationship in dolphins ( bottlenose dolphins ) and the social behavior of wolves and dogs . Here and with primates, she examines play , reciprocity , cooperation , greeting , conflict resolution , emotions and moods - primarily using video analyzes . She tries to find out how animals build and maintain relationships of trust without language , how animals can understand the opinions and intentions of their counterparts, and how understanding the relationships between non-human animals can contribute to understanding human behavior.
In 1993, Barbara Smuts was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Web links
- Barbara Boardman Smuts at the University of Michigan (umich.edu)
- Barbara Smuts at the Council of Human Development ( Memento from March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smuts, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smuts, Barbara B .; Smuts, Barbara Boardman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Behavioral scientist and anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |