Spring 2027

Primate Nutritional Ecology

A comprehensive course on primate nutritional ecology covering foraging theory, digestive physiology, nutrients, field/laboratory methods, and intersections with reproduction, disease, and conservation.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Margaret Bryer3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Connect empirical data with theoretical models, and critically assess the theoretical frameworks and methods used in empirical studies of primate nutrition

  • Rely upon interdisciplinary research and methods, and discuss diverse and interdisciplinary research approaches used to study primate diet and nutrition

  • Define and describe essential macronutrients, micronutrients, and energy

  • Place nonhuman primate and human nutrition in an evolutionary context

  • Select, design and implement a project investigating a problem in or dimension of primate nutritional ecology that draws from multiple disciplines.

  • Communicate about the results of research at a level suitable for interactions with professional researchers in nutritional ecology.

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Prerequisites

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ANTHRO 105,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 152,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101,F&W ECOL/​ENVIR ST/​ZOOLOGY 360,BIOCORE 382, or ZOOLOGY/​BOTANY/​ENVIR ST 260, or graduate/professional standing

ANTHRO 444

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARGARET BRYER is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Animal foraging theory
  • Primate digestive anatomy and physiology
  • Macronutrients, micronutrients, energy, and plant secondary compounds
  • Field and laboratory methods in primatology
  • Intersections of nutrition with reproduction, behavior, disease, and conservation
  • Evolution of human nutrition and implications for modern health

Skills

  • Connecting empirical data with theoretical models and assessing research frameworks
  • Defining and describing essential macronutrients, micronutrients, and energy
  • Placing primate and human nutrition in an evolutionary context
  • Communicating research results to professional audiences

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ANTHRO 444 · Spring 2027

Primate Nutritional Ecology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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