Dr. Stacey Tecot – What can lemur hormones tell us about infant caregiving?

Dr. Stacey Tecot of the University of Arizona joins the show to talk about her research on lemurs, their endocrinology and what their hormones can tell us about allomaternal care -- the care provided to young by any individuals who are not the mother. We also talk about methods and living in the field. Recommendations Dr. Stacey Tecot's staff profile at University of Arizona Dr. Tecot's personal website LEEP lab website Nelson, R.J. (2022). An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology (6th edition). Oxford University Press. Hofer, H., & East, M. L. (1998). Biological conservation and stress. In A. P. Møller, M. Milinski, & P. J. B. Slater (Eds.), Advances in the study of behavior, Vol. 27, pp. 405–525). Academic Press. Wright P. C. (1999). Lemur traits and Madagascar ecology: coping with an island environment. American journal of physical anthropology, Suppl 29, 31–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(1999)110:29+<31::aid-ajpa3>3.0.co;2-0 Sapolsky, R.M. (2002). A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons. Scribner Book Company. Hrdy, S.B. (2011). Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding. Belknap Press. Hrdy, S.B. (2024). Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies. Princeton University Press. Ellison, P.T. (2003). On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction. Harvard University Press. Eds. Ellison, P.T. & Gray, P.B. (2012). Endocrinology of Social Relatioships. Harvard University Press. Dr. Christine Drea's personal website Dr. Drea's Google Scholar Dr. Drea's AnthroBiology episode (Opens on the janky podcast host site. Also available on Apple and Spotify) Cooke, L. (2022). Bitch: On the Female of the Species. Basic Books. Canelos, A. (2022). The Neotenic Queen: Tales of Sex and Survival in the Sonoran Desert. Neotenic Press. Taskmaster (TV show)