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Synchrony in human-bonobo dialog

open access: yes, 2020
Past research has suggested that bonobos have demonstrated capabilities of successful linguistic interaction with humans. A transcript of interactions linked to such claims is analyzed using methods that have been deployed to assess mutual understanding ...
Koutsombogera M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

La longévité des nids, un paramètre essentiel pour la détermination de la taille des populations de grands singes : Cas de bonobos dans la Réserve de Faune de Lomako-Yokokala en République Démocratique du Congo

open access: yesRevue de Primatologie, 2014
Les estimations des densités de grands singes dans la nature ne sont généralement possibles que par des méthodes indirectes. Une des méthodes les plus courantes consiste à estimer les densités des nids qui sont ensuite converties en densités d'individus.
Valentin Omasombo Wotoko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atlas of cortical sulcal imprints on Pan endocasts

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This comprehensive atlas documents the frequency, position, and variability of cortical sulcal imprints across 21 extant Pan endocasts, providing the first quantitative baseline for comparative paleoneurology. This atlas serves as a reference for distinguishing ancestral from derived features in hominin brain evolution.
Edwin J. de Jager   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le peuple Bongando et la conservation du Bonobo au « Landscape Maringa-Lopori-Wamba », République Démocratique du Congo

open access: yesRevue de Primatologie, 2014
Je présente ici le contexte qui informe mes problématiques de recherche, le cadre théorique et quelques résultats préliminaires de ce qui finira par être 20 mois de recherches ethnographiques dans les provinces de Bandundu et d'Equateur en République ...
Lys Alcayna‑Stevens
doaj   +1 more source

A Year in the Bones: Investigating Bone Resorption Across a Reproductive Year in Wild Female Assamese Macaques

open access: yesJournal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reproduction places considerable metabolic demands on females, particularly during pregnancy and lactation, when calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism are challenged. Urinary C‐terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX‐I) offers a useful non‐invasive marker to assess bone resorption.
Verena Behringer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

EMBODIED TRANSCENDENCE: BONOBOS AND HUMANS IN COMMUNITY

open access: yesZygon, 2009
Multiple dimensions and textures of transcendence are evoked not just by reflection on humans in their relationship with God and community but also by encounter with bonobos—primates that are very close genetic kin with humans.
doaj   +2 more sources

The evolutionary psychology of the human pointing gesture

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
The human pointing gesture is a species‐unique and species‐universal form of communication that depends on humans' especially powerful forms of cooperative cognition and motivation. I have previously hypothesized that the pointing gesture evolved as a behavioral tool empowering individuals to better coordinate their interdependent collaborative ...
Michael Tomasello
wiley   +1 more source

Bonobo (Pan paniscus) : stratégie de conservation 2012–2022 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
First paragraph: The bonobo, Pan paniscus, is an Endangered species of primate endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and found only in the dense, equatorial forests south of the Congo River.

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Geospatial information informs bonobo conservation efforts

open access: yes, 2017
The endangered bonobo (Pan paniscus), endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Two recent wars and ongoing conflicts in the DRC greatly challenge conservation efforts.
David Williams   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Ostensive communication in great apes: The evolution of Gricean intent

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
I discuss the evolution of ostensive behaviours (behaviours that display the communicative intent to influence others through the perception of signals and actions addressed to them). Ostensive communication evolved out of evolutionary adaptations to the challenges and opportunities created by the evolutionary scenario of the meeting of ...
Juan Carlos Gómez
wiley   +1 more source

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