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Maternal condition does not influence birth sex ratios in anubis baboons (Papio anubis). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Trivers and Willard predicted that when parental condition has differential effects on the fitness of male and female offspring, parents who are in good condition will bias investment toward the sex that benefits most from additional investment.
Joan B Silk, Shirley C Strum
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Inherently analog quantity representations in olive baboons (Papio anubis) [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Strong evidence indicates that non-human primates possess a numerical representation system, but the inherent nature of that system is still debated. Two cognitive mechanisms have been proposed to account for non-human primate numerical performance: (1 ...
Allison M Barnard +5 more
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Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Developmental instability in archaeological samples can be detected through analysis of skeletal and dental remains. During life, disruptions to biological internal homeostasis that occur during growth and development redirect bodily resources
Kara C. Hoover +3 more
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Revue de Primatologie, 2022 To date, the use of positive reinforcement techniques to study locomotion in non-human primates remains poorly developed. However, using cooperative animals that can freely move in experimental setup allows us to collect valuable and relevant data and ...
François Druelle, Pablo Molina-Vila
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Since predynastic times, baboons (Papio hamadryas and Papio anubis) were important in ancient Egypt for ritual and religious purposes. These species did not occur naturally in Egypt and therefore had to be imported, but little is known about their exact ...
Wim Van Neer +5 more
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Animal Diseases, 2022 Non-human primates (NHPs) serve as necessary reservoir hosts of parasites that create diseases to human. A close interaction between human and NHP can make a pathway for transmission of zoonotic diseases.
Taniza Tabasshum +5 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2022 The study was carried out to assess the population size and distribution of diurnal large wild mammals in the southern Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia. The study area was stratified into four habitat types: riverine forest, ground-water forest, grassland ...
Yacob Kassa, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
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Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Human yaws has historically been endemic to Kenya, but current epidemiologic data are lacking. We report seroprevalence for Treponema pallidum antibodies in olive baboons (Papio anubis) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Laikipia County ...
Dawn M. Zimmerman +11 more
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To grunt or not to grunt: Factors governing call production in female olive baboons, Papio anubis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Vocal signals often play an important role in synchronizing the activities of group members, coordinating decisions about when and where to travel, and facilitating social interactions in which there are potential conflicts of interest.
Joan B Silk +3 more
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eLife, 2022 Manual gestures and speech recruit a common neural network, involving Broca’s area in the left hemisphere. Such speech-gesture integration gave rise to theories on the critical role of manual gesturing in the origin of language.
Yannick Becker +8 more
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