Crickette Sanz

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Crickette Marie Sanz is a professor, naturalist, explorer, and field biologist notable for her work on primates and great apes in the Republic of the Congo.[1]

Background and career

Sanz received her BS and MS in experimental psychology from Central Washington University,[2] followed by her PhD in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, where she is currently a professor of biological anthropology.[1]

In 2003, Sanz and field researcher David B. Morgan encountered a naive population of chimpanzees in the Goualougo Triangle. They did not observe the documented aggression and warlike behaviors previously recorded by Jane Goodall, but instead a curious and friendly population they felt could be "...watch[ed] for 20 years to see what normal behavior really is for chimpanzees."[3]

Sanz has appeared on television in documentaries about great apes.[citation needed]

Sanz's insights have included observations of novel tool use,[4] documentation of the progress of simian foamy virus, and tracking populations using tools like genomics.[5]

Awards

  • 2019 - Ai's Scarf / Women-in-Primatology Award [6]

Selected publications

  • 2013: Tool Use in Animals: Cognition and Ecology. Cambridge University Press,

References

  1. ^ a b "Crickette Sanz". Department of Anthropology. Washington University in St. Louis. May 4, 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-17.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ staff, Tidings (2018-05-29). "Speaker series features talk on wild chimpanzees and gorillas". Ashland Tidings. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "Top Anthropology Stories of 2003". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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  6. ^ "Sanz recognized with Women-in-Primatology award". Washington University in St. Louis. 12 July 2019.

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