Jill Daphne Pruetz from 127 Farris Ln, Flatonia, TX 78957, age 58

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Emerging Explorer

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Location:

127 Farris Ln, Smithville, TX 78957

Industry:

Environmental Services

Work:

Iowa State University Aug 2001 - May 2017
Walvoord Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
National Geographic Aug 2001 - May 2017
Emerging Explorer
Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project Aug 2001 - May 2017
Principal Investigator

Education:

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign 1990 - 1999
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology Texas State University 1984 - 1989
Bachelors, Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Sociology Yoakum High School
University of Illinois
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology Iowa State University

Skills:

Conservation Issues
Research
Science
Anthropology
Grant Writing
Teaching
Higher Education
Ecology
Research Design
Field Work
Environmental Education
Community Outreach
University Teaching
Nonprofits
Data Analysis
Wildlife
Program Development
Grants
Archival Research
Lecturing
Fundraising
Academic Writing
Quantitative Research
Scientific Writing
Data Collection
Environmental Science
Environmental Awareness
Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Non Profits
Social Sciences
Natural Resource Management
Ethnography
Proposal Writing
Biodiversity
Wildlife Conservation

Interests:

Chimpanzee Conservation and Research

Languages:

French
Spanish

News

Why Chimp Huntresses Love Their Weapons

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researchers found that it was female chimps who were usually behind this behavior. That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, which detailed how Jill Pruetz and her research team observed and documented more than 300 cases of tool-assisted hunts.

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Apr 16, 2015

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Google

Chimpanzee Facts: How Species' Female Spear-Hunters Are Changing What ...

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typically hunted their meals by hand. "It's just another example of diversity in chimp behavior that we keep finding the longer we study wild chimps," Jill Pruetz, an anthropology professor and Walvoord Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences who led the research team at Iowa State,said in a statement.

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Apr 16, 2015

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Fongoli chimps: Only animals known hunting by tool

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more than 300 chimps hunting with tools in Fongoli, Senegal, scientists can infer that males tend to hunt only with their hands. Jill Pruetz, an anthropology professor at Iowa State University has said that the tools are commonly made and used by chimps inFongoli is a spear made from tree branches.

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Apr 16, 2015

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Sci/Tech

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Fongoli chimps: Only non-humans known to hunt prey with more than 300 tools

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The lead author of the study, Jill Pruetz said, Its just another example of diversity in chimp behavior that we keep finding the longer we study wild chimps, it is more the exception than the rule that youll find some sort of different behavior, even though weve studied chimps extensively.

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Apr 16, 2015

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Sci/Tech

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Female Chimpanzees Use Tools, Including Spears, More Often Than Males ...

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example of diversity in chimp behavior that we keep finding the longer we study wild chimps. It is more the exception than the rule that you'll find some sort of different behavior, even though we've studied chimps extensively," Jill Pruetz, an anthropology professor at Iowa State University, said.

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Apr 16, 2015

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Sci/Tech

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Google

Female chimps hunt with tools more than males

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The savanna chimps at Fongoli are the only non-human population to consistently hunt prey with tools, the researchers noted. Jill Pruetz, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, first reported savanna chimps were using tools to hunt prey in 2007.

Date

Apr 16, 2015

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Sci/Tech

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Google

Female chimps used tool in hunting

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Jill Pruetz, lead author of the study explained that The tools (spears) are made from living tree branches that are detected and then modified by removing all side branches and leaves, as well as the flimsy terminal end of the branch.

Date

Apr 15, 2015

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Sci/Tech

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Google

More Female Chimps Hunt with Tools Than Males

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"It's just another example of diversity in chimp behavior that we keep finding the longer we study wild chimps," said Jill Pruetz, one of the researchers, in a news release. "It is more the exception than the rule that you'll find some sort of different behavior, even though we've studied chimps ext

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Apr 15, 2015

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Wikipedia

Jill Pruetz

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Jill Pruetz is an American anthropologist and primatologist. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana and later on traveled to Africa and South...

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Jill Pruetz 1

Recorded on January 6, 2011 using a Flip Video camcorder.

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People & Blogs

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07 Jan, 2011

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Le chimpanz est un homme comme les autres (1 sur 4)

Depuis une dizaine d'annes, l'anthropologue Jill Pruetz tudie les chim...

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Science & Technology

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23 Oct, 2010

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12m 35s

Le chimpanz est un homme comme les autres (4 sur 4)

Depuis une dizaine d'annes, l'anthropologue Jill Pruetz tudie les chim...

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Science & Technology

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23 Oct, 2010

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12m 6s

ISU News Service: Reunited

Iowa State anthropologist Jill Pruetz recently helped reunite a 9-mont...

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Pets & Animals

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06 Mar, 2009

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3m 19s

"Chimps on the Edge: Spearing"

National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting joins anthropologist Dr...

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Pets & Animals

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07 Sep, 2010

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3m 22s

David The Chimp

Wild chimpanzee in Fongoli, Senegal. I was lucky enough to have Jill P...

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Travel & Events

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10 Apr, 2010

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15s

Dig Deeper: Jill Pruetz

The Leakey Foundation sits down with Dr. Jill Pruetz (Iowa State) to d...

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Science & Technology

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04 Jun, 2012

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8m 5s

Interview with Jill Pruetz about savanna chimpanze...

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People & Blogs

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08 Sep, 2014

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15m 15s

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Emerging Explorer

Why Chimp Huntresses Love Their Weapons

Chimpanzee Facts: How Species' Female Spear-Hunters Are Changing What ...

Fongoli chimps: Only animals known hunting by tool

Fongoli chimps: Only non-humans known to hunt prey with more than 300 tools

Female Chimpanzees Use Tools, Including Spears, More Often Than Males ...

Female chimps hunt with tools more than males

Female chimps used tool in hunting

More Female Chimps Hunt with Tools Than Males

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Jill Pruetz

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Southwest Texas State Uni...

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