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: Trypanosoma spp. infection is a problem in many tropical countries, infecting several animal species, including humans. The aim of the present study was to identify the Trypanosoma species in Neotropical primates from Rio de Janeiro state and compare ...
Andresa Guimarães +10 more
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Capuchin Monkeys Alternate Play and Reward in a Dual Computerized Task [PDF]
Many animals cooperate with one another to achieve outcomes that they could not obtain on their own. One form of cooperation that has received much attention but little empirical support from experimental studies is reciprocity, leaving open the question
Audrey E. Parrish +2 more
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: Bearded Capuchin or Black-striped Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus lidibinosus) are New World robust capuchin monkeys widely used in medical research.
Adriano Fernandes Ferreira +6 more
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Revisiting Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and the Ancient Maya
Two genera of nonhuman primates, howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata and A. pigra) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) currently reside throughout the area inhabited by the modern Maya. Michael Coe (1978, 1989) suggested that the Classic Maya (A.D.
Mary Baker
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Body-rubbing with millipedes is repeatedly documented in primates living under natural conditions, mainly in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.). Various functional (zoopharmacognosy, ingestion, social) and non-functional hypotheses (sensory, auto stimulation)
Bruno Simmen, Laurent Tarnaud
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Primate species demonstrate high levels of intelligence, innovation, and social learning. These characteristics give rise to a high likelihood of new behaviours occurring and being socially transmitted to other individuals within a group.
Sophie Collier, Roger Auster
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Robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus) are known for processing mechanically challenging foods, having morphological adaptations to do so. However, several populations go beyond body limitations by using stone tools to expand their food range.
Tiago Falótico +3 more
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Monkeys Wait to Begin a Computer Task when Waiting Makes Their Responses More Effective [PDF]
Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) performed a computerized inhibitory control task modeled after an “escalating interest task” from a recent human study (Young, Webb, & Jacobs, 2011).
Theodore A. Evans, Michael J. Beran
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Promise and limitations of 18S genetic screening of extracted fecal DNA from wild capuchins
Genomic screening of fecal DNA provides insight into diet, parasite infection dynamics, and other aspects of the ecology and pathogens of wild populations.
Swellan Luciann Pinto +19 more
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Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.
The ability to understand similarities and analogies is a fundamental aspect of human advanced cognition. Although subject of considerable research in comparative cognition, the extent to which nonhuman species are capable of analogical reasoning is ...
Valentina Truppa +4 more
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