Joshua David Robison was raised on an orchard at the edge of the Pacific Northwest wilderness. He holds a BSc in Primate Behavior and Ecology and a Master of Science in Primate Conservation. He’s studied primates in the Yellow Mountains of China and the savanna woodlands of West Africa, and served as a docent at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute with the first chimpanzees to speak American Sign Language. The concept for The Antlered Ape was born in 2015 alongside its instrumental soundtrack.