William C. McGrew, F.R.S.E., F.A.A.A.S.
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 764706
Fax: +44 (0)1223 764710
E-mail: w.mcgrew@human-evol.cam.ac.uk

POSITIONS HELD
University Lecturer in Biological Anthropology

OFFICE HOURS:  Tues. and Thurs. from 11-12
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Primate socio-ecology, evolution of material culture, chimpanzee technology, laterality of function, ape rehabilitation 
CURRENT PROJECTS
Comparative Chimpanzee Cultures Project (Phase 2)
Ape faunivory and elementary technology
Researching Hominid Origins Initiative, Behavioural Ecology (NSF)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Lycett, S. J., Collard, M. & Mc Grew, W.C. Phylogenetic analyses of behaviour support existence of culture among wild chimpanzees. PNAS, 104:17588-17592.
2007 Mc Grew, W. C. New wine in new Bottles: Prospects and pitfalls of cultural primatology. Journal of Anthropological Research, 63: 167-183.
2005 Davidson, I. & McGrew, W.C. Stone tools and the uniqueness of human culture. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
2005 Marchant, L.F. & McGrew, W.C. Percussive technology: chimpanzee baobab smashing and the evolutionary modeling of hominid knapping. In: Stone Knapping: The Necessary Conditions of a Uniquely Hominid Behaviour, McDonald Institute Monograph Series, pp. 339-348.
2004 McGrew, W.C. The Cultured Chimpanzee: Reflections on Cultural Primatology. Cambridge University Press, 248 pp.
2004 McGrew, W.C. et al. Genotyping aids field study of unhabituated wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 63:87-93.
2003 McGrew, W.C. et al. Ethoarchaeology and elementary technology of unhabituated chimpanzees at Assirik, Senegal, West Africa. PaleoAnthropology, 1:1-20.

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