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Machiavellian intelligence : social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans
Editorial - the Machiavellian intelligence hypotheses. The origins of the idea what primates know about social relationships social complexity - the effect of a third party are primates mind-readers?…
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Learning by imitation: A hierarchical approach
TLDR
It is argued that most of the alternatives for explaining social learning without invoking the cognitively complex concept of imitation can be subsumed under a single process, priming, in which input increases the activation of stored internal representations.
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The gestural repertoire of the wild chimpanzee
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The first systematic analysis of gesture in a population of wild chimpanzees is reported, describing 66 distinct gesture types and finding no support for the idea that gestures are acquired by ‘ontogenetic ritualization’ from originally effective actions.
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Gestural communication of the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): repertoire, intentionality and possible origins
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It is concluded that gorilla gestural communication is based on a species-typical repertoire, like those of most other mammalian species but very much larger, and employed for intentional communication to specific individuals.
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Ecology, feeding competition and social structure in baboons
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An ecological model of baboon social structure is presented which incorporates the effects of female-female competition, male-male competition, and predation pressure, and potentially accounts for wide variability in group size, group structure and social relationships within the genus Papio.
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Habitat use and resource availability in baboons
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Serial gesturing by wild chimpanzees: its nature and function for communication
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It is suggested that young chimpanzees use sequences as a ‘fail-safe’ strategy: because they have the innate potential to produce a large and redundant repertoire of gestures but lack knowledge of which of them would be most efficient.
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Tactical deception in primates
Abstract Tactical deception occurs when an individual is able to use an “honest” act from his normal repertoire in a different context to mislead familiar individuals. Although primates have a…
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Machiavellian intelligence
  • R. Byrne
  • Psychology, Biology
    Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological…
  • 2021
TLDR
The evolution of computational thought and the ability to understand other individuals' intentions are not well explained as products of selection for Machiavellian intelligence, and quite different explanations may be required for increases in intelligence that occurred at different times in human ancestry.
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Travel routes and planning of visits to out-of-sight resources in wild chacma baboons, Papio ursinus
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