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My research interest includes Native American
diaspora, primatology, and
kinship. Currently, I am investigating a captive group of macaques
at the
California Regional Primate Research Center for alloparental
behaviors and
degrees of relatedness. Captive macaque females have been suspect
of
exchanging, kidnapping or adopting lower ranking newborns and
by examining
the genetics of the "observed" maternal-infant dyads,
I will determine the
frequency of these 'adoptions". Future analysis will consist
of
investigating the Caddoan Diaspora by examining the language
and genetic
diversity of the Pawnee, Quapaw, Cherokee, and Arikara nations
of Oklahoma
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