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​Kris Sabbi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tufts University


Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2020
M.S. University of New Mexico, 2015
B.S. Ithaca College, 2009

About me...

I'm interested in the developmental roots of social strategies in nonhuman primates. Currently, I'm working under Zarin Machanda Alex Rosati, and the Kibale Chimpanzee Project to apply chimpanzees as an evolutionary model for understanding the origins of human-like leadership. 
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image credit: Nigel Wrangham 2015
​This website is about my ongoing research, public outreach, and ​a few travel adventures for good measure. 

Recent Publications

Including live links, but please reach out if you hit a paywall (kristin.sabbi@tufts.edu). I'm always happy to send a PDF. 
Sabbi, K. H., Thompson, M. E., Machanda, Z. P., Otali, E., Wrangham, R. W., & Muller, M. N. (2021). Sex differences in early experience and the development of aggression in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (12) e2017144118.
           Research summary from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project
​           University of New Mexico Press Release​

Sabbi, K. H., et al. (2020). 
Human‐like adrenal development in wild chimpanzees: A longitudinal study of urinary dehydroepiandrosterone‐sulfate and cortisol. American journal of primatology, 82(11), e23064.

Thompson, M. E., & Sabbi, K. H. (2020). Evolutionary demography of the great apes. In: Human Evolutionary Demography. Eds: R. Sear, O. Burger. Available at: osf.io/d2thj/


Thompson, M. E., Fox, S. A., Berghänel, A., Sabbi, K. H., Phillips-Garcia, S., Enigk, D. K., ... & Muller, M. N. (2020). Wild chimpanzees exhibit humanlike aging of glucocorticoid regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(15), 8424-8430.

Thompson, M. E., Machanda, Z. P., Fox, S. A., Sabbi, K. H., Otali, E., Thompson González, N., ... & Wrangham, R. W. (2020). Evaluating the impact of physical frailty during ageing in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1811), 20190607.
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Thompson, M. E., Muller, M. N., Sabbi, K., Machanda, Z. P., Otali, E., & Wrangham, R. W. (2016). Faster reproductive rates trade off against offspring growth in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(28), 7780-7785.
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