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The hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is an adaptable, generalist primate species found throughout eastern Paraguay with preferences for the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA).
Rebecca L. Smith, David Lusseau
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No short-term contingency between grooming and food tolerance in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) [PDF]
The exchange services such as allo-grooming, allo-preening, food tolerance and agonistic support has been observed in a range of species. Two proximate mechanisms have been proposed to explain the exchanges of services in animals.
Altmann +75 more
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Behavioral Contagion in Wild Ecuadorian White‐Fronted Capuchins (Cebus aequatorialis)
White‐fronted capuchins exhibit scratching contagion, but neither the characteristics of the trigger, or of the partner's (sex, age class, or centrality), or of the dyad (combination of sex, combination of age class, or social bond) seem to modulate the likelihood of contagion.
Núria Hassina Hannaoui +3 more
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The unique ecological conditions of the mangrove forests in the Rio Preguiças Estuary, Maranhão, Brazil, support a culturally isolated population of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) and contribute to the livelihoods and economy of the local
Andrea Presotto +4 more
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Do Social Conditions Affect Capuchin Monkeys’ (Cebus apella) Choices in a Quantity Judgment Task?
Beran et al. (2012) reported that capuchin monkeys closely matched the performance of humans in a quantity judgment test in which information was incomplete but a judgment still had to be made.
Michael eBeran +3 more
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Not knowing what one knows: A Meaningful failure of metacognition in capuchin monkeys [PDF]
Metacognition encompasses the processes of monitoring representational and perceptual states and controlling information-gathering behaviors. Metacognition is considered one of humans’ most sophisticated abilities, and it has been a growing area of focus
Travis R. Smith +2 more
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A New Experimental Protocol for Assessing Hominoid Assisted Arboreal Bipedalism
A new experimental protocol for investigating arboreal bipedalism in hominoids was successfully used by all available age and sex classes of chimpanzees in the case study. This protocol identifies two forms of arboreal bipedalism: forward facing and sideways, and allows for the collection of gait parameter data for future comparative studies.
Victoria A. Lockwood +4 more
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The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) has been found in more than 350 species of homoeothermic vertebrates in diverse climates and geographic areas. In most animals, T. gondii produces mild or asymptomatic infection.
Carmen Niehaus +11 more
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Body inversion effect in monkeys. [PDF]
Humans visually process human body images depending on the configuration of the parts. However, little is known about whether this function is evolutionarily shared with nonhuman animals.
Toyomi Matsuno, Kazuo Fujita
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Artifact and Artifact Categorization: Comparing Humans and Capuchin Monkeys [PDF]
International audienceWe aim to show that far-related primates like humans and the capuchin monkeys show interesting correspondences in terms of artifact characterization and categorization.
A Thomasson +29 more
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