Kevin Langergraber has studied the behavioral and molecular ecology of the Ngogo group of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, since 2001. He has served as co-director of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, a long-term field project devoted to the research and conservation of Ngogo chimpanzees, since 2011. He held positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and at Boston University before joining ASU in 2014.
As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are of interest to evolutionary anthropologists for providing the standard by which to judge human uniqueness. Most of my research focuses on the exceptionally large Ngogo community, which contains about 200 individually recognized and named chimpanzees. My research combines long-term behavioral observations and demographic data with genetic data derived from non-invasively collected fecal samples to answer questions about the evolution of chimpanzees and humans. However, I am interested in all facets of the evolution of chimpanzee behavior, and I encourage potential students to contact me to discuss their ideas for research at Ngogo.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
30. Hoffmann, C., Zimmermann, F., Biek, R., Kuehl, H., Nowak, K., Mundry, R., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Arandjelovic, M., Blankenburg, A., Brazolla, G., Corogenes, K., Couacy-Hymann, E., Deschner, T., Dieguez, P., Dierks, K., Düx, A., Dupke, S., Eshuis, H., Formenty, P., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A-C., Grunow, R., Hart, J., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kyang, J., Langergraber, K.E., Lapuente, J., Lee, K., Leendertz, S.A., Leinert, V., Löhrich, T., Marrocoli, S., Mätz-Rensing, K., Meier, A., Merkel, K., Metzger, S., Moebius, Y., Murai, M., De Nys, H., Sachse, A., Schenk, S., van Schijndel, J., Thiesen, U., Ton, E., Yuh, Y.G., Boesch, C., Klee, S.R., Wittig, R.M., Calvignac-Spencer, S., Leendertz, F.H. (2017). Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest. Nature, 548, 82-86.
29. Surbeck, M.*, Langergraber, K.E.*, Fruth, B., Vigilant, L., and Hohmann, G. (2017). Male reproductive skew is higher in bonobos than chimpanzees. Current Biology, 27, R640-R641.
28. Langergraber, K.E., Watts, D.P., Vigilant, L., and Mitani, J.C. (2017). Group augmentation, collective action, and territorial boundary patrols by male chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 114, 7337-7342. Cover article.
27. Surbeck, M., Girard-Buttoz, C., Boesch, C., Crockford, C., Fruth, B., Hohmann, G., Langergraber, K.E., Zuberbuhler, K., Wittig, R., and Mundry, R. (2017). Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 161081.
26. Wood, B.M., Watts, D.P., Mitani, J.C., and Langergraber, K.E. (2017). Favorable ecological circumstances promote life expectancy in chimpanzees similar to that of human hunter-gatherers. Journal of Human Evolution, 105, 41-56.
25. Granjon, A.C., Rowney, C., Vigilant, L., and Langergraber, K.E. (2017). Evaluating genetic capture-mark-recapture using a chimpanzee population of known size. Journal of Wildlife Management, 81, 279-288. Cover article.
24. Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Weltring, A., Langergraber, K.E., Deschner, T., and Zuberbühler, K. (2016). Social support reduces stress hormone levels in wild chimpanzees across stressful events and everyday affiliations. Nature Communications, 7, 13361.
23. de Manuel, M., Kuhlwilm, M., Frandsen, P., Sousa, V., Desai, T., Prado-Martinez, J., Hernandez-Rodriguez, J., Duperret, I., Lao, O., Hallast, P., Schmidt, J., Heredia, T., Benazzo, A., Barbujani, G., Peter, B., Kuderna, L.F., Casals, F., Angedakin, S., Langergraber, K.E., Arandjelovic, M., Kuehl, H., Vigilant, L., Boesch, C., Novembre, J., Gut, M., Gut, I., Navarro, A., Andres, A., Siegismund, H.R., Excoffier, L., Scally, A., Xue, Y., Castellano, S., Tyler-Smith, C., Hvilsom, C., and Marques-Bonet, T. (2016). Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos in the wild. Science, 354, 477-481. (10%)
22. Madinda, N.F., Ehlers, B., Wertheim, J.O., Akoua-Koffi, C., Bergl, R.A., Boesch, C., Boji Mungu Akonkwa, D., Eckardt, W., Fruth, B., Gillespie, T.R., Gray, M., Hohmann, G., Karhemere, S., Kujirakwinja, D., Langergraber, K.E., Muyembe, J.J., Nishuli, R., Pauly, M., Petrzelkova, K.J., Robbins, M.M., Todd, A., Schubert, G., Stoinski, T.S., Wittig, R.M., Zuberbühler, K., Peeters, M., Leendertz, F.H., and Calvignac-Spencer, S. (2016). Assessing host-virus codivergence for close relatives of Merkel cell polyomavirus infecting African great apes. Journal of Virology, 90, 8351-8541.
21. Kühl, H.S., Kalan, A.K., Arandjelovic, M., Aubert, F., Goedmakers, A., Jones, S., Regnaut, S., Tickle, A., van Schijndel, J., Angedakin, S., Agbor, A., Ayuk Ayimisin, E. , Bailey, E., Bessone, M., Bonnet, M., Brazolla, G., Ebua Buh, V., Chancellor, R., Cipoletta, C., Cohen, H., Corogenes, K., Coupland, C., Desarmeaux, T., Deschner, T., Dierks, K., Dieguez, P., Dilambaka, E., Diotoh, O., Dowd, D., Dunn, A., Eshius, H., Fernandez, R., Ginath, Y., Hart, J., Ter Heegde, M., Hicks, T.C, Imong, I., Jeffery, K., Junker, J., Kambi, M., Kehoe, L., Kienast, I., Kujirakwinja, D., Langergraber, K.E., Lapeyre, V., Lapuente, J., Lee, K., Leinert, V., Meier, A., Maretti, G., Marrocoli, S., Mbe, T.J., Morgan, D., Morgan, B., Mulindahabi, F., Murai, M., Normand, E., Ormsby, L.J., Piel, A., Pruetz, J., Sanz, C., Sommer, V., Stewart, F., Tagg, N., VanLeeuwe, H., Vergnes, V., Willie, J., Wittig, R., Zuberbuehler, K., and Boesch, C. (2016). Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. Scientific Reports, 6, 22219.
20. Moore, D.M., Langergraber, K.E., and Vigilant, L. (2015). Genetic analyses suggest male philopatry and territoriality in savanna-woodland chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Ugalla, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 36: 377-397.
19. Hobaiter, C., Schel, A., Langergraber, K.E., and Zuberbühler, K. (2014). Adoption by maternal siblings in wild chimpanzees. PLoS One, 9: e103777.
18. Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Langergraber, K.E., and Zuberbühler, K. (2014). Triadic social interactions operate across time: a field experiment with wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20133155.
17. Langergraber, K.E., Rowney, C., Schubert, G., Crockford, C., Hobaiter, C., Wittig, R., Wrangham, R.W., Zuberbühler, K., and Vigilant, L. (2014). How old are chimpanzee communities? Time to the most recent common ancestor of the Y-chromosome in highly patrilocal societies. Journal of Human Evolution, 69, 1-7.
16. Langergraber, K.E., Rowney, C., Crockford, C., Wittig, R., Zuberbühler, K., and Vigilant, L. (2014). Genetic analyses suggest no immigration of adult females and their offspring into the Sonso community of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 76: 640-648. (95%) Cover article.
15. Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Deschner, T., Langergraber, K.E., Ziegler, T.E., and Zuberbühler, K. (2014). Food sharing is linked to urinary oxytocin levels and bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20133096.
14. Schubert, G., Vigilant, L., Boesch, C., Klenke, R., Langergraber, K.E., Mundry, R., Surbeck, M., and Hohmann, G. (2013). Co-residence between males and their mothers and grandmothers is higher in bonobos than chimpanzees. PloS One, 8: e83870.
13. Crockford, C., Wittig, R., Langergraber, K., Ziegler, T., Zuberbühler, K., and Deschner, T. (2013). Oxytocin and social bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280: 20122765.
12. Langergraber, K.E., Mitani, J.C., Watts, D.P., and Vigilant, L. (2013). Male-female socio-spatial relationships and reproduction in wild chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67: 861-873.
11. Prüfer, K., Langergraber, K.E., Pääbo, S., and Vigilant, L. (2013). Reply to Gibbs et al.: Divergence times, generation lengths, and mutation rates in great apes and humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 110. E612.
10. Langergraber, K.E., Prüfer, K., Rowney, C., Boesch, C., Crockford, C., Fawcett, K., Inoue, E., Inoue-Muruyama, M., Mitani, J.C., Muller, M.N., Robbins, M.M., Schubert, G., Stoinski, T.S., Viola, B., Watts, D., Wittig, R.M., Wrangham, R.W., Zuberbühler, K., Pääbo, S., and Vigilant, L. (2012). Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 109: 15716-15721. Cover article.
9. Chancellor, R., Langergraber, K.E., Ramirez, S., Rundus, A.S., and Vigilant, L. (2012). Genetic sampling of unhabituated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gishwati Forest Reserve, an isolated forest fragment in western Rwanda. International Journal of Primatology, 33: 479-488.
8. Schubert, G., Stoneking, C.J., Arandjelovic, M., Boesch, C., Eckhardt, N., Hohmann, G., Langergraber, K.E., Lukas, D., Vigilant, L. (2011). Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates. PLoS One, 6: e21514.
7. Langergraber, K.E., and Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic differences cannot be excluded from generating behavioural differences among chimpanzee groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 278: 2094-2095.
6. Vigilant, L., and Langergraber, K.E. (2011). Inconclusive evidence for patrilocality in Neanderthals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 108: e87.
5. Langergraber, K.E., Schubert, G., Rowney, C., Wrangham, R., Zommers, Z., and Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic differentiation and the evolution of cooperation in chimpanzees and humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 278: 2546-2552. Cover article.
4. Langergraber, K.E., Boesch, C., Inoue, E., Inoue-Murayama, M., Mitani, J., Nishida, T., Pusey, A., Reynolds, V., Schubert, G., Wrangham, R., Wroblewski, E., and Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic and ‘cultural’ similarity in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 278: 408-416.
3. Langergraber, K.E., Mitani, J.C., and Vigilant, L. (2009). Kinship and social bonds in female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology 71: 840-851. Cover article.
2. Langergraber, K.E., Siedel, H., Mitani, J.C., Wrangham, R.W., Reynolds, V., Hunt, K.D., and Vigilant, L. (2007). The genetic signature of sex-biased migration in patrilocal chimpanzees and humans. PLoS One, 2: e973.
1. Langergraber, K.E., Mitani, J.C., and Vigilant, L. (2007). The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 104: 7786-7790. Cover article.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Langergraber, K.E. (2012). Kinship and cooperation in primates. In J.C. Mitani, J. Call, P.M. Kappeler, R. Palombit, and J. Silk (eds.) The Evolution of Primate Societies. University of Chicago Press, pp.491-513.
NON PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Goldberg, T.L., Angedakin, S., Isabirye Basuta, G.M., Brown, M., Butynski, T.M., Chapman, C.A., Chapman, L., Gunter, S., Kato, I., Krief, J-M., Krief, S., Lambert, J.E., Langergraber, K.E., Mitani, J.C., Muller, M.N., Nelson, S.V., Omeja, P., Otali, E., Potts, K.B., Ross, E.A., Rothman, J.M., Rowney, C., Sande, E., Struhsaker, T., Twinomugisha, D., Watts, D.P., Weny, G. and Wrangham, R.W. (2016) Remembering Jerry Lwanga: A perspective from his colleagues. International Journal of Primatology, 37, 131.
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASM 591 | Seminar |
ASB 592 | Research |
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ASM 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
BIO 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASM 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 546 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASM 591 | Seminar |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
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ASB 101 | Anth: Undrstding Human Dvsty |
ASM 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
BIO 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 546 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
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ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
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ASB 101 | Anth: Undrstding Human Dvsty |
ASM 443 | Primatology |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASM 543 | Primatology |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
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ASB 101 | Anth: Undrstding Human Dvsty |
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ASM 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
BIO 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
ASM 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |