Dr. Kappeler holds a chair for Sociobiology / Anthropology at the University of Göttingen and is the head of the Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit at the German Primate Center. He studied Biology and Psychology at the University of Tübingen and at Duke University, where he also obtained his PhD in Zoology. As a postdoc, he worked at the German Primate Center and obtained his Habilitation from the University of Würzburg. Before moving to his present position, he was the head of the Behavioral Ecology Department at Leipzig University. His research interests focus on the social systems of non-human primates. For the past 20 years, his empirical work has focused on the social and mating systems of Malagasy primates, carnivores and birds which he and his students have been studying at Kirindy Forest. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and authored or edited about 15 books and special issues, including “The Lemurs of Madagascar” and a (German) textbook on animal behavior.

Dr. Kappeler's talk was delivered on 22 September 2016 during the Duke Lemur Center's 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium. The Duke Lemur Center houses the world's largest and most diverse population of lemurs - earth's most threatened group of mammals - outside of Madagascar. The future of lemurs is #InOurHands. To learn how you can make a difference, please visit lemur.duke.edu.

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