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Prelinguistic human infants and great apes show different communicative strategies in a triadic request situation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 In the present research, we investigate the communicative strategies of 20 month old human infants and great apes when requesting rewards from a human experimenter.
Heinz Gretscher +4 more
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Great apes' risk-taking strategies in a decision making task [PDF]
, 2011 This research was funded by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.We investigate decision-making behaviour in ...
Josep Call +14 more
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Does sympathy motivate prosocial behaviour in great apes? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Prosocial behaviours such as helping, comforting, or sharing are central to human social life. Because they emerge early in ontogeny, it has been proposed that humans are prosocial by nature and that from early on empathy and sympathy motivate such ...
Katja Liebal +3 more
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Knuckle-walking and behavioural flexibility in great apes
Revue de Primatologie, 2022 Kinematic differences in the knuckle-walking gaits of chimpanzees and gorillas have provided crucial evidence to support the theory that knuckle-walking evolved independently in the Pan and Gorilla lineages, rather than being inherited from their last ...
Emily LR Tarrega-Saunders +3 more
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One Health Perspectives on New Emerging Viral Diseases in African Wild Great Apes
Pathogens, 2021 The most recent emerging infectious diseases originated in animals, mainly in wildlife reservoirs. Mutations and recombination events mediate pathogen jumps between host species.
Denis S. Azevedo +6 more
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Are great apes aggressive? A cross‑species comparison
Antropologia Portuguesa, 2006 This paper aims to characterise the aggressive behaviour of great apes: the orang‑utan, the gorilla, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. We start by discussing the lack of consensual definitions for terms such as violence, aggression and agonistic behaviour ...
Cláudia Sousa, Catarina Casanova
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Use of Interactive Technology in Captive Great Ape Management
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2021 The conservation status of great apes (chimpanzees Pan troglodytes, gorillas Gorilla sp., orangutans Pongo sp., and bonobos Pan paniscus) is grave and zoological institutions are vital for maintaining numbers of these species and educating the public ...
Caitlin A. Ford +3 more
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The manual skills and cognition that lie behind hominid tool use [PDF]
, 2004 Tool use is an important aspect of being human that has assumed a central place in accounts of the evolutionary origins of human intelligence. This has inevitably focused a spotlight on any signs of tool use or manufacture in great apes and other non ...
Byrne, RW +2 more
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Revue de Primatologie, 2009 The Association « Projet pour la Conservation des Grands Singes » in partnership with MNHN, UNESCO and France Cooperation designed Great Apes kits.
Sabrina Krief +3 more
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Great apes: living heritage of humanity
Derecho Animal, 2016 This article exposes the reasons why great apes should be considered by the UNESCO as a Living Heritage of Humanity. The consequences and benefits that would follow this decision will not only protect the great apes, but also, the indigenous and tropical
Pedro Pozas Terrados
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