My research has attracted broad scientific and media interest (and reached an estimated audience in the tens of thousands!)
Mangalam, M., Rein, R., Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Bearded capuchin monkeys use joint synergies to stabilize the hammer trajectory while cracking nuts in bipedal stance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1889), 20181797.
- The Franklin Chronicles: Up on two feet
- The Royal Society: A hard nut to crack…
Mangalam, M., Pacheco, M. M., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., Fragaszy, D. M. (2018). Unique perceptuomotor control of stone hammers in wild monkeys. Biology Letters 14(1), 20170587.
- The Franklin Chronicles: New primate behavior study: Perceiving kinetic energy
Mangalam, M., Barton, S. A., Wagman, J. B., Fragaszy, D. M., Newell, K. M. (2017). Perception of the length of an object through dynamic touch is invariant across changes in the medium. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 79(8), 2499–2509.
- Psychonomic Society: The eigenvalues of lightsabers and submerged golden hammers
Mangalam, M., Izar, P., Visalberghi, E., Fragaszy, D. M. (2016). Task-specific temporal organization of percussive movements in wild bearded capuchin monkeys. Animal Behaviour 114, 129–137.
- Animal Behaviour: On tool use, and becoming human
- Journal of Experimental Biology: Monkeys alter tool use for different tasks
Zaunmair, P., Mangalam, M., Kaumanns, W., Singh, M., Slotta-Bachmayr, L. (2015). Patterns of dominance relationships among the females of a captive female-only group of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) during the course of the introduction of a new adult male. Current Science 109(4), 803–807.
- Current Science: Society of lion-tailed macaques
Mangalam, M., Fragaszy, D. M. (2015). Wild bearded capuchin monkeys crack nuts dexterously. Current Biology 25(10), 1334–1339.
- BBC Radio: Monkey Nuts
- Daily Mail: This is how you should be cracking nuts!
- Der Spiegel: Raffinierte technik: So knacken affen nüsse
- Discovery News: Monkeys show how to perfectly crack a nut
- EurekaAlert!: Wild bearded capuchin monkeys really know how to crack a nut
- Huffington Post: Clever monkey demonstrates the proper way to crack a nut
- Live Science: Nut-cracking monkeys show humanlike skills
- Mental Floss: These monkeys wield makeshift hammers and anvils
- National Geographic: Nut-bashing monkeys offer window into human evolution
- Nature World News: These nut cracking monkeys would make great blacksmiths – use a hammer and anvil with deft
- New Scientist: Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers
- Pacific Standard: Monkeys with talented hands
- Science News: Rock-wielding monkeys make adjustments when cracking nuts
- Science Shot: Clever monkeys adjust how hard they hammer nuts
- The New York Times: Monkeys provide clues to how tool use developed
Nettimi, R. P., Mangalam, M., Singh, M. (2015). Why not be an early bird researcher? Current Science 108(6), 1027–1028.
- The Indian Express: Education system does not foster the spirit of inquiry
Das, S., Dutta, S., Mangalam, M., Verma, R., Rath, S., Singh, M., Kumara, H. (2011). Prioritizing remnant forests for the conservation of Mysore slender lorises (Loris lyddekerianus lyddekerianus) in Karnataka, India through estimation of population density. International Journal of Primatology 32(5), 1153–1160.
- The Hindu: Loris clings on precariously here
- The Times of India: Study moots conservation of slender loris’ habitat