MACS (Macaque Alliance for Cultural Studies)

MACS (Macaque Alliance for Cultural Studies) aims to provide a platform for longer term collaborative research focused on the extent of distinct cultural traditions in populations of long-tailed macaques across the entire long-tailed macaque range. Already, work by members of MACS has highlighted distinctive cultural traditions across the geographical range of long-tailed macaques.

We have completede a survey, which is the first stage of a comprehensive study of culture in long-tailed macaques.

We hope to use the collected reports to develop a catalogue of candidate cultural behaviours in long-tailed macaques, of which all contributors will be a part of. We intend to use these observations in team-oriented publications and events about the population-level features of cultural behaviour in long-tailed macaques, of which all contributors will be invited to join in participation and authorship.

Meet the Team