The Nature of Adolescence
Humans have a multi-year life stage that begins with pubertal onset and ends with a shift into full adulthood. This period is rife with behavioral and emotional vulnerabilities that include rejection, injury, and the onset of lasting mental health problems. To illuminate the evolution of this life stage, my research among both our closest living relatives - chimpanzees and bonobos - confirms not only the existence of an prolonged adolescent transition but further suggests that vulnerabilities experienced during adolescence may arise from behavioral adaptations aimed at both learning and the forging of social bonds with peers, mates and potential mentors. In developing this research, I’ll draw on both my fieldwork on bonobos at Kokolopori and Lola ya Bonobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo and my ongoing studies of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, where I co-direct the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project.
Speaker: Rachna Reddy, University of Utah
Thursday, 02/13/25
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