Associate Dean FHSS, Research and Learning; Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology
Contact information
Email: hughn@athabascau.ca
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I joined the Anthropology Program at Athabasca University in 2006. I am a biological anthropologist with a specialization in Primatology. I received my MSc from the University of Oxford at the Institute of Biological Anthropology, and my PhD in Anthropology (Primatology) from the University of Calgary. I am currently an associate professor in Biological Anthropology at Athabasca University. Hailing originally from the tiny island of Bermuda, I currently live in Rocky Mountains of Canmore, Alberta.
My research interests are broadly centered on primate behaviour and ecology, with specific emphases on the ecology and cognition of vocal behaviour. Species of interest include chimpanzees (Budongo Forest, Uganda), spider and howler monkeys (Runaway Creek Nature Reserve and Monkey River, Belize) and vervet monkeys (Samara Game Reserve, South Africa).
Educational credentials
BA Honours (History): Queens University 1993
MSc (Human Biology): University of Oxford 1996
PhD (Anthropology/Primatology): University of Calgary 2003
Professional affiliations
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
2021 Kavanagh, E., Street, S. E., Angwela, F. O., Bergman, T. J., Blaszczyk, M. B., Bolt, L. M., Notman, H.... & Slocombe, K. (2021). Dominance style is a key predictor of vocal use and evolution across nonhuman primates. Royal Society open science, 8(7), 210873.
2020 Hartwell, K. S., Notman, H., Kalbitzer, U., Chapman, C. A., & Pavelka, M. M. (2020). Fruit availability has a complex relationship with fission–fusion dynamics in spider monkeys. Primates, 1-11.
2018 Hartwell, K., Notman, H., Pavelka, MSM. Seasonal and Sex Differences in the Fission-Fusion Dynamics of spider monkeys (A. g. yucatanensis) in Belize. Primates. 59(6:531-540). DOI 10.1007/s10329-018-0685-4
2015 Dubrueil, C., Notman, H. & Pavelka, MSM. Sex differences in the use of whinny vocalizations by spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). International Journal of Primatology 36, 2, pp. 412-428.
2014 Hartwell, K.; Notman, H. Bonenfant, C.B., & Pavelka, M.SM. The occurrence of sexual segregation in spider monkeys, its mechanisms and function. International Journal of Primatology. Volume 35, Issue 2 (2014), Page 425-444.
2012 Evans, K., Pavelka, MSM., Hartwell, K. and Notman, H. Do adult male spider monkeys (A. yucatanensis) preferentially handle male infants? International Journal of Primatology Volume 33, Issue 4, pp 799-808.
2011 Santorelli CJ, Schaffner CM, Campbell CJ, Notman H, Pavelka MS, et al. Traditions in Spider Monkeys Are Biased towards the Social Domain. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16863. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016863
2009 Rendall, D. & Notman, H. Asymmetries in the individual distinctiveness and maternal recognition of infant contact calls and distress screams in baboons Journal of the Acoustic Society of America (JASA). 125 (3), pp. 1792-1805.
2008 Rendall, D., Vokey, J.R. & Notman, H. Quotidian cognition and the human-nonhuman divide: Just more or less of a good thing? Commentary on target article by D. Penn, Holyoak & D. Povinelli, “Darwin’s mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31. pp. 109-178.
2005 Notman, H. & Rendall, D. Contextual variation in chimpanzee pant hoots and its implications for referential communication. Animal Behaviour, 70, 177-190.
2003 Notman, H. & Munn, J. A case of infant carrying by an adult male chimpanzee in the Budongo Forest. Pan Africa News 10(1) June Issue.
2003 Notman, H. (2003). Chimpanzee communication revisited: structural variation in pant hoots from the Budongo Forest, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology 60(Suppl.): 33-148.
2002 Newton-Fisher, N.E., Notman, H., Reynolds, V. Hunting, consumption and sharing of mammalian prey by Budongo Forest chimpanzees. Folia Primatologica 73(5), 281-283.