SAS Students Spend Summer with Monkeys

Under the direction of Associate Professor of Anthropology Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, nine Penn students spent their summer in Formosa, Argentina studying owl monkeys in their natural habitats. Perhaps as daunting as the prospect of intense field research were the actual living conditions—no cell phones, limited showers and dinners cooked outside over a campfire.

Says Fernandez-Duque, "I always emphasize to my students that you’re missing the point if you think that you’re just going to learn about monkeys."

For more about the students' journeys, read the full article here.