#  Lily Fornof 

PhD Candidate (G5)

 

 

 



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 email <lfornof@g.harvard.edu> 

 



 

I study how motherhood shapes the social behavior of females using wild bonobos as a model organism. I specifically look at patterns of female sociality and social relationship formation.



 

 

 





 

 

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