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Dr. Fernandez-Duque has spent decades studying owl monkey dads in the forests of Argentina.

Colugos are relatively understudied mammals, despite their likely position as primates’ closest relatives.

These fossils add to a growing record of fossil colobines and guenons from the Pleistocene of the Afar Region.

Their work provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of human genetic variation in Oceania, filling a major gap in genomics research.

The prize was awarded at the 2025 American Anthropological Association annual meeting in New Orleans, which took place November 19–23, 2025. 

This science outreach showcased primate and human adaptations 

These results defy long-standing expectations about how animals adapt to warm climates.

The recipients include undergraduates in the biological, sociocultural, and archaeological subfields of anthropology. 

 Maxwell (‘26) received this award for work done in the Reproductive Ecology Laboratory, supervised by Dr. Gary Aronsen.

This research explored how villagers are navigating seasonal flooding in a Congo Basin ecosystem prized for its role in mitigating climate change.