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Judith Burkart is a Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on the cognitive and psychological consequences of cooperative breeding in primates, particularly marmosets, and the evolution of prosociality. She leads the Evolutionary Cognition Group, exploring how cooperative breeding shapes social cognition and communication in non-human primates.
Her academic background includes a PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Zurich (2004) and extensive postdoctoral work on primate behavior and cognition. She has pioneered studies on cooperative breeding’s role in human cognitive evolution, linking it to social tolerance and group cooperation.
Research Interests:
- Cognitive consequences of cooperative breeding
- Evolution of prosocial behavior
- Primate communication and vocal learning
- Socio-cognitive development in cooperatively breeding species
- Comparative psychology and animal behavior
Publications highlight work on marmoset vocal communication, group problem-solving, and the evolutionary origins of human cooperation. She has contributed to high-impact journals like Science Advances, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, and Animal Cognition.
Judith teaches courses on evolutionary anthropology and primate behavior at the University of Zurich, emphasizing hands-on research through the OLAT platform. Her work bridges evolutionary biology, psychology, and anthropology, with a focus on understanding the roots of human social complexity.
