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Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task (2021)
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Vale, G. L., McGuigan, N., Burdett, E., Lambeth, S. P., Lucas, A., Rawlings, B., …Whiten, A. (2021). Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.11.003

Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution (2021)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2022). Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution. Developmental Science, 25(1), Article e13153. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13153

Innovation and social learning are the pillars of cultural evolution, allowing cultural behaviours to cumulatively advance over generations. Yet, little is known about individual differences in the use of social and asocial information. We examined w... Read More about Personality predicts innovation and social learning in children: implications for cultural evolution.

Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees (2020)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., Freeman, H., Reamer, L., Schapiro, S., Lambeth, S., & Kendal, R. (2020). Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, Article e46. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2020.45

Personality factors analogous to the Big Five observed in humans are present in the great apes. However, few studies have examined the long-term stability of great ape personality, particularly using factor-based personality instruments. Here, we ass... Read More about Sex differences in longitudinal personality stability in chimpanzees.

Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees (2017)
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Vale, G., Flynn, E. G., Kendal Jeremy, R., Rawlings, B., Hopper Lydia, M., Schapiro Steven, J., …Kendal Rachel, L. (2017). Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1868), Article 20171751. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1751

Various non-human animal species have been shown to exhibit behavioural traditions. Importantly, this research has been guided by what we know of human culture, and the question of whether animal cultures may be homologous or analogous to our own cul... Read More about Testing differential use of payoff-biased social learning strategies in children and chimpanzees.

To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies (2016)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2017). To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies. Child Development Perspectives, 11(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12206

In our technologically complex world, children frequently have problems to solve and skills to learn. They can develop solutions through learning strategies involving social learning or asocial endeavors. While evidence is emerging that children may... Read More about To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies.

An analysis of bimanual actions in natural feeding of semi‐wild chimpanzees (2015)
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Forrester, G., Rawlings, B., & Davila-Ross, M. (2016). An analysis of bimanual actions in natural feeding of semi‐wild chimpanzees. American journal of physical anthropology, 159(1), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22845

Objective The objective of the current study was to investigate the lateral dominance for a bimanually coordinated natural feeding behavior in semi‐wild chimpanzees. Methods Strychnos spp. fruit consumption behaviors in semi‐wild chimpanzees as an ec... Read More about An analysis of bimanual actions in natural feeding of semi‐wild chimpanzees.