Editorial board

Editors of this journal work on a purely voluntary basis without remuneration. This secures the freedom of taking editorial decisions purely based on scientific quality assurance without any interference with the economic interests an open-access publisher might have.
Coordinating editors

Rüdiger Behr

German Primate Center
Research Platform Degenerative Diseases
Germany

Dietmar Zinner

German Primate Center
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory
Germany
Founding editor

Eberhard Fuchs

German Primate Center
Germany
Topic editors

Rebecca R. Ackermann

University of Cape Town
South Africa

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Evolution, phylogeny and palaeontology

Rüdiger Behr

German Primate Center
Research Platform Degenerative Diseases
Germany

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Stem cell biology

Catherine Crockford

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Primatology
Germany

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Physiology

Sarah Elton

Durham University
Anthropology
United Kingdom

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Evolution, phylogeny and palaeontology

Heinz Feldmann

Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Laboratory of Virology
United States

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Infection biology

Julia Fischer

German Primate Center
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory
Germany

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Cognition and communication

Eberhard Fuchs

German Primate Center
Germany

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Neurosciences

Russell Hill

Durham University
Anthropology
United Kingdom

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Ecology and biogeography

Frank Kirchhoff

Ulm University Medical Center
Institute of Molecular Virology
Germany

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Infection biology

Wolfgang Knabe

Universität Münster
Germany

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Anatomy and embryology

Sascha Knauf

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Institut of International Animal Health/One Health
Germany

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Infection biology

Hans-Jürg Kuhn

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Medizinische Fakultät
Zentrum Anatomie
Germany

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Anatomy and embryology

Fabian Leendertz

Robert Koch Institute
Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms
Germany

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Infection biology

Anne Lewis

Oregon National Primate Research Center
Division of Comparative Medicine
United States

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Pathology

Keith G. Mansfield

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
United States

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Pathology

Ulrich Martin

Hannover Medical School
Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs
Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery
Germany

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Stem cell biology

Julia Ostner

University of Göttingen
Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behaviour
Germany

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Behaviour

Ute Radespiel

TiHo Hannover
Institute of Zoology
Germany

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Behaviour

Jonah Ratsimbazafy

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - Madagascar Programme
Madagascar

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Conservation

Angela Roberts

University of Cambridge
Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
United Kingdom

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Neurosciences

Christian Roos

German Primate Center
Primate Genetics Laboratory
Germany

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Conservation
Ecology and biogeography
Evolution, phylogeny and palaeontology
Genetics

Erika Sasaki

Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA)
Laboratory of Applied Developmental Biology, Marmoset Research Department
Japan

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Stem cell biology

Stefan Schlatt

University of Münster
Medical Faculty
Germany

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Reproductive biology

Stefan Treue

German Primate Center
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Germany

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Neurosciences

Linda Vigilant

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Germany

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Genetics

Augusto Vitale

Italian National Institute of Health
Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Italy

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Animal welfare and husbandry

Sarah Wolfensohn

University of Surrey
Veterinary Medicine
United Kingdom

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Animal welfare and husbandry

Ulrich Zeller

Humboldt University
Germany

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Anatomy and embryology

Dietmar Zinner

German Primate Center
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory
Germany

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Conservation