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The uniqueness of the human brain: a review [PDF]
Dementia & NeuropsychologiaThe purpose of this review is to highlight the most important aspects of the anatomical and functional uniqueness of the human brain. For this, a comparison is made between our brains and those of our closest ancestors (chimpanzees and bonobos) and human
José Eymard Homem Pittella
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Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Ecological niche models (ENMs) are often used to predict species distribution patterns from datasets that describe abiotic and biotic factors at coarse spatial scales.
Ekwoge E. Abwe +13 more
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A longitudinal assessment of vocabulary retention in symbol-competent chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
PLoS ONE, 2015 A number of studies from the 1960s to 1990s assessed the symbolic competence of great apes and other animals. These studies provided varying forms of evidence that some species were capable of symbolically representing their worlds, both through ...
Michael J Beran, Lisa A Heimbauer
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Innovative social behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
American Journal of Primatology, 2007 AbstractWe present evidence of agonistic buffering in captive chimpanzees, recorded from 1993 until 2005, mainly from ad libitum sampling in over 2000 hr of observation. A total of 33 agonistic buffering episodes were analyzed for context and effects of this complex social behavior.
Casanova, Catarina C N +2 more
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Dogs (Canis familiaris), but not chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), understand imperative pointing.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Chimpanzees routinely follow the gaze of humans to outside targets. However, in most studies using object choice they fail to use communicative gestures (e.g. pointing) to find hidden food.
Katharina C Kirchhofer +3 more
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Comprehension of functional support by enculturated chimpanzees Pan troglodytes
Current Zoology, 2011 Studies of causal understanding of tool relationships in captive chimpanzees have yielded disparate findings, particularly those reported by Povinelli & colleagues (2000) for tool tasks by laboratory chimpanzees.
Anna M. YOCOM, Sarah T. BOYSEN
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FORMATION OF A PRIMARY DENTITION IN INFANT CHIMPANZEES (PAN TROGLODYTES)
Ветеринарная патология, 2019 IThe collection of allometric data, in particular, the study of the timing of the development of the dental system in chimpanzees, gives an idea of the rate and nature of the growth of wild animals and is of great importance for understanding postnatal ...
Polina Vladimirovna Aksenova +1 more
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Iconic and non-iconic stages in number development : the role of language [PDF]
, 2010 Is language the key to number? This article argues that the human language faculty provides the cognitive equipment that enables humans to develop a systematic number concept.
Wiese, Heike
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Hierarchical social modularity in gorillas
, 2019 Modern human societies show hierarchical social modularity (HSM) in which lower-order social units like nuclear families are nested inside increasingly larger units.
Breuer, T. +4 more
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Using landscape approaches to improve to improve the integration of wildlife in forest managment plans [PDF]
, 2008 Logging concessions can affect wildlife populations through indirect or direct effects. However, if wildlife is appropriately taken into account in the forest management plans, then logging concessions can become an opportunity for conservation, as they ...
Nasi, Robert, Van Vliet, Nathalie
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