R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

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Email r.a.hernandez-aguilar@ibv.uio.no
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Visiting address Kristine Bonnevies Hus

I am an evolutionary anthropologist, currently a researcher at CEES. My research focuses on the behavioural ecology of chimpanzees living in one of the driest, most open, and seasonal habitats for the species (Ugalla, Tanzania). I use ecological and archaeological techniques to study these apes in order: 1) to understand how their behaviour differs from that of chimpanzees living in wetter habitats, and 2) to model early hominin adaptations to similar dry habitats. I am especially interested in the evolution of material culture. I have studied in Ugalla since 1998. Before joining CEES I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies). I received my Master and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA, and my Bachelor degree from the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia in Mexico City.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Hernandez-Aguilar

Tags: Evolutionary Anthropology, Primate Archaeology, Savanna Chimpanzees, Global South

Publications

 

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (in press) Play Tools. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Editors: Todd K. Shackelford and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, pp. 1-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3163-1

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (in press) Fluid Transportation. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Editors: Todd K. Shackelford and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, pp.1-4. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3162-1

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (in press) Climbing Assists. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Editors: Todd K. Shackelford and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, pp.1-3. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3161-1

ManyPrimates, including Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (2019) Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research. Plos One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223675

Reinhardt, Kathleen D.; Vyazovskiy, Vladyslav V.; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Imron, Muhammad A. & Nekaris, K. Anne-Isola (2019) Environment shapes sleep patterns in a wild nocturnal primate. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45852-2

Motes-Rodrigo, Alba; Majlesi, Parandis; Pickering, Travis R.; Laska, Matthias; Axelsen, Helene; Minchin, Tanya C.; Tennie, Claudio & Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (2019) Chimpanzee extractive foraging with excavating tools: Experimental modeling of the origins of human technology. Plos One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215644

Motes-Rodrigo, Alba; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana & Laska, Matthias (2019) “Preferential hand use by captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in manual and tool digging” Primates DOI: 10.1007/s10329-019-00727-y

Mekonnen, Adissu, Rueness: Eli K., Stenseth, Nils C.; Fashing, Peter J.; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Missbach, Ross; Haus, Tanja;  Zinner, Dietmar & Roos, Christian (2018) Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. BMC Evolutionary Biology DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1217-y

Thoemmes, Megan S.; Stewart, Fiona A.; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Bertone, Matthew A.; Baltzegar, David A.; Borski, Russell J.; Cohen, Naomi; Coyle, Kaitlin P.; Piel, Alex K. & Dunn, Robert R. (2018) Ecology of sleeping: the microbial and arthropod associates of chimpanzee beds. Royal Society open science DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180382

Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter J.; Sargis, Eric J.; Venkataraman, Vivek V.; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018) Flexibility in positional behavior, strata use, and substrate utilization among Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in response to habitat fragmentation and degradation. American Journal of Primatology DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22760

Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter J.; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018) Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments. BMC Ecology 18: 4. DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0161-4

Piel, Alex K., Strampelli, Paolo, Greathead, Emily, Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Moore, Jim and Stewart, Fiona (2017) The diet of open-habitat chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Issa valley, western Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution 112:57-69. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.016

Moore, Jim, Black, Jessica, Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Idani, G., Piel, Alex K. and Stewart, Fiona (2017) Chimpanzee vertebrate consumption: savanna and forest chimpanzees compared. Journal of Human Evolution DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.09.004

Aliaga-Martinez, Andres; Romero, Alejandro; Galbany, Jordi; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana and Perez-Perez, Alejandro (2017) Buccal dental microwear texture and catarrhine diets. American Journal of Physical Anthropology DOI:10.1002/ajpa.23219

Haslam, Michael, Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Proffitt, T., Arroyo, A., Falotico, T., Fragaszy, D. Gumert, M., Harris, J. W. K., Huffman, M. A., Kalan, A. K., Malaivijitnond, S., Matsuzawa, T., McGrew, W., Ottoni, E. B., Pascual-Garrido, A., Piel, A., Pruetz, J., Schuppli, C., Stewart, F., Tan, A., Visalbergui, E., and Luncz, L. V. (2019) Primate Archaeology Evolves. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1:1431-1437

Scheffrahn R., Bourguignon, T., Bordereau C., Scheffrahn R., Bourguignon, T., Bordereau C., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Oelze V. M., Dieguez P., Sobotnik J., Pascual-Garrido A. (2017) White-gutted soldiers: simplification of the digestive tube for a non-particulate diet in higher Old World termites (Isoptera: Termitidae).  Insectes Sociaux DOI: 10.1007/s00040-017-0572-9.

Mekkonen, Adissu; Fashing Peter; Bekele, Afewok; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Rueness, Eli K.; Nguyen, Nga and Stenseth, Nils C. (2017)  Impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on the activity budget, ranging ecology and habitat use of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian highlands. American Journal of Primatology DOI:10.1002/ajp.22644

Estebaranz-Sanchez Ferran; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Martinez-Martinez Laura M. and Perez-Perez Alejandro (2016) El acceso regular a recursos hídricos potables podría explicar la distribución geográfica de Australopithecus afarensis, Revista Española de Antropologia Fisica (Spain)

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Moore, Jim and Stanford, Craig B. (2013) Chimpanzee nesting patterns in savanna habitat: Environmental influences and preferences. American Journal of Primatology. ISSN 1098-2345.  75, s 979-994.

Gonzalez-Moreno, Olga; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Piel, Alex K.; Stewart, Fiona A.; Gracenea, Mercedes and Moore, Jim (2012) Prevalence and climatic associated factors of Cryptosporidium sp. infections in savanna chimpanzees from Ugalla, Western Tanzania. Parasitology Research. ISSN 0932-0113. 112(1), s 393-399. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3147-8

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (2011). Cultura material de chimpancés que ocupan un hábitat seco en Issa, Ugalla, Tanzania. Cuicuilco (Mexico)  ISSN 0185-1659. 50, s 27-54.

Wynn, Thomas; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Marchant, Linda F. and McGrew, William C. (2011) "An Ape's View of the Oldowan" Revisited. Evolutionary Anthropology.  ISSN 1060-1538.  20(5), s 181-197. DOI: 10.1002/evan.20323

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (2009) Chimpanzee nest distribution and site re-use in a dry habitat: Implications for early hominin ranging. (Special Issue ‘Palaeoanthropology Meets Primatology’). Journal of Human Evolution 57:350-364.

Haslam, M., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Ling, V., Carvalho, S., de la Torre, I., DeStefano, A., Du, A., Hardy, B., Harris, J., Marchant, L. F., Matsuzawa, T., McGrew, W., Mercader, J., Mora, R., Petraglia, M., Roche, H., Visalberghi, E., Warren, R. (2009) Primate Archaeology. Nature 460:339-334.

Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana, Moore, J. and Pickering, T. R. (2007) Savanna chimpanzees use tools to harvest the underground storage organs of plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 104:19210-19213.

Ogawa, H., Genich, I., Moore, J., Pintea L., and Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana (2007) Sleeping patterns and nest distribution of chimpanzees in the savanna woodland, Ugalla, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology 28:1397-1412.

  • Boesch, Christophe; Kalan, Ammie K.; Mundry, Roger; Arandjelovic, Mimi; Pika, Simone; Dieguez, P.; Ayimisin, Emmanuel Ayuk; Barciela, Amanda; Coupland, Charlotte; Egbe, Villard Ebot; Eno-Nku, Manasseh; Fay, J. Michael; Fine, David; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Hermans, Veerle; Kadam, Parag; Kambi, Mohamed; Llana, Manuel; Maretti, Giovanna; Morgan, David B.; Murai, Mizuki; Neil, Emily; Nicholl, Sonia; Ormsby, Lucy Jayne; Orume, Robinson; Pacheco, Liliana; Piel, Alex; Sanz, Crickette M.; Sciaky, Lilah; Stewart, Fiona; Tagg, Nikki; Wessling, Erin G.; Willie, Jacob & Kühl, Hjalmar S. (2020). Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity. Nature Human Behaviour.  ISSN 2397-3374.  4(9), s 910- 916 . doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0890-1
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana & Reitan, Trond (2020). Deciding Where to Sleep: Spatial Levels of Nesting Selection in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Living in Savanna at Issa, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology.  ISSN 0164-0291.  41, s 870- 900 . doi: 10.1007/s10764-020-00186-z Full text in Research Archive.
  • Altschul, Drew M.; Beran, Michael J.; Bohn, Manuel; Call, Josep; DeTroy, Sarah; Duguid, Shona J.; Egelkamp, Crystal L.; Fichtel, Claudia; Fischer, Julia; Flessert, Molly; Hanus, Daniel; Haun, Daniel B. M.; Haux, Lou M.; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Herrmann, Esther; Hopper, Lydia M.; Joly, Marine; Kano, Fumihiro; Keupp, Stefanie; Melis, Alicia P.; Rodrigo, Alba Motes; Ross, Stephen R.; Sánchez-Amaro, Alejandro; Sato, Yutaro; Schmitt, Vanessa; Schweinfurth, Manon K.; Seed, Amanda M.; Taylor, Derry; Völter, Christoph J.; Warren, Elizabeth & Watzek, Julia (2019). Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research. PLOS ONE.  ISSN 1932-6203.  14(10) . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223675 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Motes-Rodrigo, Alba; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana & Laska, Matthias (2019). Preferential hand use by captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in manual and tool digging. Primates.  ISSN 0032-8332.  60(4), s 367- 373 . doi: 10.1007/s10329-019-00727-y Full text in Research Archive.
  • Motes-Rodrigo, Alba; Majlesi, Parandis; Pickering, Travis Rayne; Laska, Matthias; Axelsen, Helene; Minchin, Tanya C.; Tennie, Claudio & Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2019). Chimpanzee extractive foraging with excavating tools: Experimental modeling of the origins of human technology. PLOS ONE.  ISSN 1932-6203.  14(5), s 1- 23 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215644 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Reinhardt, Kathleen Danielle; Vyazovskiy, Vladyslav V; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Imron, Muhammad Ali & Nekaris, K. Anna Isola (2019). Environment shapes sleep patterns in a wild nocturnal primate. Scientific Reports.  ISSN 2045-2322.  9(1), s 1- 13 . doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45852-2 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments. BMC Ecology.  ISSN 1472-6785.  18(4), s 1- 20 . doi: 10.1186/s12898-018-0161-4 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Sargis, Eric J.; Venkataraman, Vivek V.; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2018). Flexibility in positional behavior, strata use, and substrate utilization among Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in response to habitat fragmentation and degradation. American Journal of Primatology.  ISSN 0275-2565.  80(5) . doi: 10.1002/ajp.22760 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Mekonnen, Addisu; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Missbach, Rose; Haus, Tanja; Zinner, Dietmar & Roos, Christian (2018). Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. BMC Evolutionary Biology.  ISSN 1471-2148.  18(1), s 1- 15 . doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1217-y Full text in Research Archive.
  • Thoemmes, Megan S.; Stewart, Fiona A; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Bertone, Matthew A.; Baltzegar, David A.; Borski, Russell J.; Cohen, Naomi; Coyle, Kaitlin P.; Piel, Alexander K. & Dunn, Robert R. (2018). Ecology of sleeping: the microbial and arthropod associates of chimpanzee beds. Royal Society Open Science.  ISSN 2054-5703.  5(5) . doi: 10.1098/rsos.180382 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Aliaga-Martinez, Andres; Romero, Alejandro; Galbany, Jordi Corominas; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana & Perez-Perez, Alejandro (2017). Buccal dental microwear texture and catarrhine diets. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.  ISSN 0002-9483.  163(3), s 462- 473 . doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23219
  • Haslam, Michael & Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2017). Primate archaeology evolves. Nature Ecology and Evolution.  ISSN 2397-334X.  1, s 1431- 1437 . doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0286-4
  • Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter; Bekele, Afework; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Nguyen, Nga & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). Impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on the activity budget, ranging ecology and habitat use of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands. American Journal of Primatology.  ISSN 0275-2565.  79, s 1- 13 . doi: 10.1002/ajp.22644 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Moore, Jim; Black, Jessica; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Idani, Gen'ichi; Piel, Alex & Stewart, Fiona (2017). Chimpanzee vertebrate consumption: Savanna and forest chimpanzees compared. Journal of Human Evolution.  ISSN 0047-2484.  112, s 30- 40 . doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.09.004
  • Piel, Alex K; Strampelli, Paolo; Greathead, Emily; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Moore, Jim & Stewart, Fiona A (2017). The diet of open-habitat chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Issa valley, western Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution.  ISSN 0047-2484.  112, s 57- 69 . doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.016
  • Scheffrahn, R. H.; Bourguignon, T.; Bordereau, C.; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Oelze, V. M.; Dieguez, P.; Šobotnik, J. & Pascual-Garrido, A. (2017). White-gutted soldiers: simplification of the digestive tube for a non-particulate diet in higher Old World termites (Isoptera: Termitidae). Insectes Sociaux.  ISSN 0020-1812.  64(4), s 525- 533 . doi: 10.1007/s00040-017-0572-9
  • Gonzalez-Moreno, Olga; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Piel, Alex K; Stewart, Fiona; Gracenea, Mercedes & Moore, Jim (2013). Prevalence and climatic associated factors of Cryptosporidium sp. infections in savanna chimpanzees from Ugalla, Western Tanzania. Parasitology Research.  ISSN 0932-0113.  112(1), s 393- 399 . doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3147-8
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Moore, Jim & Stanford, Craig B. (2013). Chimpanzee Nesting Patterns in Savanna Habitat: Environmental Influences and Preferences. American Journal of Primatology.  ISSN 0275-2565.  75(10), s 979- 994 . doi: 10.1002/ajp.22163
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2011). Cultura material de chimpancés que ocupan un hábitat seco en Issa, Ugalla, Tanzania. Cuicuilco.  ISSN 0185-1659.  50, s 27- 54
  • Wynn, Thomas; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Marchant, Linda F. & Mcgrew, William C. (2011). "An Ape's View of the Oldowan" Revisited. Evolutionary Anthropology (print).  ISSN 1060-1538.  20(5), s 181- 197 . doi: 10.1002/evan.20323

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  • Ndimuligo, Sood Athumani; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Kamenya, Shadrack & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2017). New Evidence of Well Digging in Savannah Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), Kahensa, Tanzania. Folia Primatologica.  ISSN 0015-5713.  s 112- 113 . doi: 10.1159/000479094
  • Eriksen, Gry & Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2016). Foraging decisions and patch use in gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada) at Guassa, Ethiopia: Testing the marginal value theorem.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2016). Chimpanzees landscape-scale changes (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Implications for long-term conservation in western Tanzania.
  • Rodrigo, Alba Motes & Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2016). Extraction of underground food by captive chimpanzees: Techniques and laterality.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2015). Dramatic population decline of Ashy red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in Mbuzi Forest, Rukwa region, western Tanzania.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2014). Deciding where to sleep: Nesting tree and nesting site selectivity in savanna chimpanzees.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2014). Dietary plasticity of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in continuous and fragmented forests of the southern Ethiopian highlands.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2014). How does underground food digging emerge? An experiment with captive chimpanzees.
  • Kibaja, Mohamed Julius & Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2014). Behavioural ecology and genetic diversity of Ashy red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles) in western Tanzania.
  • Mekonnen, Addisu; Fashing, Peter J.; Bekele, Afework; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana & Stenseth, Nils Christian (2014). Effect of habitat fragmentation on the diet of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in the southern Ethiopian Highlands.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana; Minchin, Tanya & Axelsen, Helene (2013). Captive Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea) Hunt and Consume Free-Living Birds. Folia Primatologica.  ISSN 0015-5713.  84(3-5), s 285- 286
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2012). What can savanna chimpanzees tell us about human evolution?.
  • Hernandez-Aguilar, Raquel Adriana (2011). Object Transport in Chimpanzees: Implications for Resource Transport in Early Hominins. Folia Primatologica.  ISSN 0015-5713.  82(6), s 340- 340

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