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Personal profile
Research interests
My research interests are in the evolution of social systems in humans and other primates. I am a specialist in the use of leading-edge Bayesian phylogenetic methods from evolutionary biology to investigate global patterns and the drivers of large-scale social change. This includes the causes of the emergence of sociality, monogamy and other mating systems in primates and the origin of large-scale complex societies and inequality in humans. I use the findings of my research to inform debates and increase understanding about the underlying drivers of change in society today.
Research Groups and Themes
- Digital Societies
Keywords
- Bayesian methods
- primates
- Human Behaviour Change
- State
- Inequality
- Monogamy
- social change
- Social behaviour
- social class
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Research output
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Adaptations to a cold climate promoted social evolution in Asian colobine primates
Qi, X.-G., Wu, J., Zhao, L., Wang, L., Guang, X., Garber, P. A., Opie, C., Yuan, Y., Diao, R., Li, G., Wang, K., Pan, R., Ji, W., Sun, H., Huang, Z.-P., Xu, C., Witarto, A. B., Jia, R., Zhang, C. & Deng, C. & 5 others, , 2 Jun 2023, In: Science. 380, 6648, 12 p., eabl8621.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Monogamy and infanticide in complex societies
Opie, C., 15 Feb 2019, Dunbar's Number. Shankland, D. (ed.). London: Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 45. p. 59-74 15 p. (RAI Occasional Publication; no. 45).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Male infanticide leads to social monogamy in primates
Opie, C., Atkinson, Q. D., Dunbar, R. I. M. & Shultz, S., 13 Aug 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 33, p. 13328-32 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
174 Citations (Scopus)