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Cats parallel great apes and corvids in motor self-regulation, but size matters [PDF]
, 2017 We tested domestic cats in the cylinder task, and found that they perform better ifthe cylinder is larger. We also found that their highest performance parallels that ofgreat apes and corvids, which are known as the best performing animals on this task ...
Osvath, Mathias, BOBROWICZ, Katarzyna
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Investigating the morphological differences of the calcaneus in humans and great apes is crucial for reconstructing locomotor repertories of fossil hominins. However, morphological variations in the calcaneus of the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, and
Shuhei Nozaki +3 more
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Capon- and APES-Based SAR Processing: Performance and Practical Considerations [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses the use of Capon's minimum-variance method (MVM) and Amplitude and Phase EStimation (APES) spectral-estimation algorithms to synthetic aperture radar rangeâ  azimuth focusing. The rationale of the algorithms is discussed.
Mallorqui, Jordi J. +3 more
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A plethora of Plasmodium species in wild apes: a source of human infection? [PDF]
, 2011 Recent studies of captive and wild-living apes in Africa have uncovered evidence of numerous new Plasmodium species, one of which was identified as the immediate precursor of human Plasmodium falciparum.
Paul M. Sharp +13 more
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Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike. (Open Court, 2013) [PDF]
Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2020 Review of "Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike," edited by John Huss.
Stefano Bigliardi
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The maker not the tool: The cognitive significance of great ape manual skills [PDF]
, 2010 Tool-use by chimpanzees has attracted disproportionate attention among primatologists, because of an understandable wish to understand the evolutionary origins of hominin tool use.
Byrne, RW
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Why Humans Aren’t Just Great Apes
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2008 Although we share many aspects of our behaviour and biology with our primate cousins, humans are, nonetheless, different in one crucial respect: our capacity to live in the world of the imagination. This is reflected in two core aspects of our behaviour
Robert I.M. Dunbar
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Touch-screen-guided task reveals a prosocial choice tendency by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Humans help others even without direct benefit for themselves. However, the nature of altruistic (i.e., only the other benefits) and prosocial (i.e., self and other both benefit) behaviors in our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, remains ...
Renata S. Mendonça +4 more
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Revue de Primatologie, 2012 Like the wild children, the anthropoid primates are included in the great anthropological debates of the Eighteenth Century. We ponder upon their status.
Chris Herzfeld
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Apes have culture but may not know that they do [PDF]
, 2015 The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) and from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and ...
Fabrice Clément +12 more
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