The origin of great ape gestural forms [PDF]
Biological ReviewsTwo views claim to account for the origins of great ape gestural forms. On the Leipzig view, gestural forms are ontogenetically ritualised from action sequences between pairs of individuals.
Federico Rossano +2 more
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Rates and patterns of great ape retrotransposition [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 We analyzed 83 fully sequenced great ape genomes for mobile element insertions, predicting a total of 49,452 fixed and polymorphic Alu and long interspersed element 1 (L1) insertions not present in the human reference assembly and assigning each retrotransposition event to a different time ...
Hormozdiari, Fereydoun +18 more
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Time and distribution: a model of ape biogeography [PDF]
, 2008 We use data from 20 chimpanzee, bonobo and gorilla study sites to develop an African great ape time budgets model to predict the animals' capacity to survive in a range of habitats across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dunbar, R.I.M. +2 more
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Great ape abundance and per capita carbon storage in their habitats
BMC Ecology and EvolutionThe ecological importance of great apes is widely recognised, yet few studies have highlighted the role of protecting great apes’ habitats in mitigating climate change, particularly through carbon sequestration.
Prince Degny Vale +11 more
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Mapping suitable great ape habitat in and around the Lobéké National Park, South‐East Cameroon [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 As a result of extensive data collection efforts over the last 20–30 years, there is quite a good understanding of the large‐scale geographic distribution and range limits of African great apes.
Yisa Ginath Yuh +8 more
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Higher convergence of human-great ape enteric eukaryotic viromes in central African forest than in a European zoo: a One Health analysis [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Human-animal pathogenic transmissions threaten both human and animal health, and the processes catalyzing zoonotic spillover and spillback are complex. Prior field studies offer partial insight into these processes but overlook animal ecologies and human
Victor Narat +12 more
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Preventing zoonotic and zooanthroponotic disease transmission at wild great ape sites: Recommendations from qualitative research at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. [PDF]
PLoS ONEEmployees at wild great ape sites are at high risk of transmitting infectious diseases to endangered great apes. Because of the significant amount of time employees spend near great apes, they are a priority population for the prevention and treatment of
Maya Homsy King +4 more
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Great ape infants’ face touching and its role in social engagement [PDF]
Animal CognitionTouch has a key role in the social development of infant primates and in the regulation of social interactions, even so, there’s a rarity of studies on infants’ use of social touch. In this work, we document chimpanzee infants and human infants’ touching
Beatriz Felicio, Kim A. Bard
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Exploring the potential effect of COVID-19 on an endangered great ape
Scientific Reports, 2021 The current COVID-19 pandemic has created unmeasurable damages to society at a global level, from the irreplaceable loss of life, to the massive economic losses. In addition, the disease threatens further biodiversity loss. Due to their shared physiology
Fernando Colchero +2 more
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Covariation of the endocranium and splanchnocranium during great ape ontogeny. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 That great ape endocranial shape development persists into adolescence indicates that the splanchnocranium succeeds brain growth in driving endocranial development. However, the extent of this splanchnocranial influence is unknown.
Nadia A Scott +4 more
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