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Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution
- K. Langergraber, Kay Prüfer, +17 authors L. Vigilant
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 13 August 2012
Fossils and molecular data are two independent sources of information that should in principle provide consistent inferences of when evolutionary lineages diverged. Here we use an alternative… Expand
Diana monkey long-distance calls: messages for conspecifics and predators
- K. Zuberbühler, Ronald Noë, R. Seyfarth
- Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 March 1997
Abstract Primate long-distance calls have typically been interpreted as communication signals between conspecific groups (the ‘resource defence hypothesis’), but their potential role as anti-predator… Expand
A syntactic rule in forest monkey communication
- K. Zuberbühler
- Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 February 2002
Abstract Syntactic rules allow a speaker to combine signals with existing meanings to create an infinite number of new meanings. Even though combinatory rules have also been found in some animal… Expand
Campbell's Monkeys Use Affixation to Alter Call Meaning
- Karim Ouattara, A. Lemasson, K. Zuberbühler
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 12 November 2009
Human language has evolved on a biological substrate with phylogenetic roots deep in the primate lineage. Here, we describe a functional analogy to a common morphological process in human speech,… Expand
Leopard predation and primate evolution.
- K. Zuberbühler, D. Jenny
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of human evolution
- 1 December 2002
Although predation is an important driving force of natural selection its effects on primate evolution are still not well understood, mainly because little is known about the hunting behaviour of the… Expand
Food sharing is linked to urinary oxytocin levels and bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees
- R. Wittig, C. Crockford, T. Deschner, K. Langergraber, T. Ziegler, K. Zuberbühler
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 March 2014
Humans excel in cooperative exchanges between unrelated individuals. Although this trait is fundamental to the success of our species, its evolution and mechanisms are poorly understood. Other social… Expand
Referential labelling in Diana monkeys
- K. Zuberbühler
- Psychology, Medicine
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 May 2000
Animal semantic communication has received considerable theoretical and empirical attention because of its relevance to human language. Advances have been made by studies of alarm-call behaviour in… Expand
The Predator Deterrence Function of Primate Alarm Calls
- K. Zuberbühler, D. Jenny, R. Bshary
- Biology
- 1 June 1999
It is generally assumed that alarm calls function in intraspecific communication, for example to warn close relatives about the presence of a predator. However, an alternative hypothesis suggests… Expand
Chimpanzee Alarm Call Production Meets Key Criteria for Intentionality
- A. Schel, S. Townsend, Z. Machanda, K. Zuberbühler, K. Slocombe
- Medicine
- PloS one
- 16 October 2013
Determining the intentionality of primate communication is critical to understanding the evolution of human language. Although intentional signalling has been claimed for some great ape gestural… Expand
A comparison of bonobo and chimpanzee tool use: evidence for a female bias in the Pan lineage
- T. Gruber, Z. Clay, K. Zuberbühler
- Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 December 2010
Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, are the most sophisticated tool-users among all nonhuman primates. From an evolutionary perspective, it is therefore puzzling that the tool use behaviour of their… Expand
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