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Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys. (2003)
Journal Article
Day, R., Coe, R., Kendal, J., & Laland, K. (2003). Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 65, 559-571. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2003.2074

In a comparative study of neophilia, innovation and social attentiveness we exposed individuals in seven callitrichid species, from three genera, to novel extractive foraging tasks. The results revealed consistently shorter response latencies, higher... Read More about Neophilia, innovation and social learning: A study of intergeneric differences in Callitrichid monkeys..

Rethinking Adaptation: The Niche Construction Perspective. (2003)
Journal Article
Day, R., Laland, K., & Odling-Smee, J. (2003). Rethinking Adaptation: The Niche Construction Perspective. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 46, 80-95

Niche construction refers to the capacity of organisms to construct, modify and select important components of their local environments, such as nests, burrows, pupal cases, chemicals and nutrients. A small, but increasing number of evolutionary biol... Read More about Rethinking Adaptation: The Niche Construction Perspective..

Species differences in adaptive use of public information in sticklebacks (2003)
Journal Article
Coolen, I., van Bergen, Y., Day, R., & Laland, K. (2003). Species differences in adaptive use of public information in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270(1531), 2413-2419. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2525

Animals foraging on variable food sources can refine their estimates of patch quality by monitoring the success of others (i.e. collect 'public information'). Here, we show that both three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and nine-spined... Read More about Species differences in adaptive use of public information in sticklebacks.

Art and agency - a reassessment (2003)
Journal Article
Layton, R. (2003). Art and agency - a reassessment. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9(3), 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.00158

In his book, Art and agency, Alfred Gell presents a theory of art based neither on aesthetics nor on visual communication. Art is defined by the distinctive function it performs in advancing social relationships through 'the abduction of agency'. Art... Read More about Art and agency - a reassessment.

Day length, latitude and behavioural (in)flexibility in baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) (2003)
Journal Article
Hill, R., Barrett, L., Gaynor, D., Weingrill, T., Dixon, P., Payne, H., & Henzi, S. (2003). Day length, latitude and behavioural (in)flexibility in baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53(5), 278-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0590-7

Annual cycles in day length are an important consideration in any analysis of seasonal behaviour patterns, since they determine the period within which obligate diurnal or nocturnal animals must conduct all of their essential activities. As a consequ... Read More about Day length, latitude and behavioural (in)flexibility in baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus).

Clinal variation of maxillary sinus volume in Japanese macaques (_Macaca fuscata_) (2003)
Journal Article
Rae, T., Hill, R., Hamada, Y., & Koppe, T. (2003). Clinal variation of maxillary sinus volume in Japanese macaques (_Macaca fuscata_). American Journal of Primatology, 59(4), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.10072

Macaques (genus Macaca) are unique among cercopithecids in that they possess a maxillary sinus, and among anthropoids in that they demonstrate a relatively weak relationship between the size of this sinus and the cranium. To test the hypothesis that... Read More about Clinal variation of maxillary sinus volume in Japanese macaques (_Macaca fuscata_).

Evolutionary coherence of the mammalian amygdala (2003)
Journal Article
Barton, R., Aggleton, J., & Grenyer, R. (2003). Evolutionary coherence of the mammalian amygdala. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270(1514), 539-544. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2276

Despite great interest in the role of the amygdala in animal and human behaviour, its very existence as a structurally and functionally unified brain component has been questioned, on the grounds that cell groups within it display divergent pharmacol... Read More about Evolutionary coherence of the mammalian amygdala.

Matriliny as daughter-biased investment (2003)
Journal Article
Holden, C., Sear, R., & Mace, R. (2003). Matriliny as daughter-biased investment. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24(2), 99-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1090-5138%2802%2900122-8

From an evolutionary perspective, matriliny presents a puzzle because men in matrilineal societies transmit wealth to their sisters' sons, to whom they are only half as related as to their own sons. It has been argued that such systems would only max... Read More about Matriliny as daughter-biased investment.

The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates: anatomical connections predict patterns of correlated evolution (2003)
Journal Article
Whiting, B., & Barton, R. (2003). The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates: anatomical connections predict patterns of correlated evolution. Journal of Human Evolution, 44(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0047-2484%2802%2900162-8

Investigations into the evolution of the primate brain have tended to neglect the role of connectivity in determining which brain structures have changed in size, focusing instead on changes in the size of the whole brain or of individual brain struc... Read More about The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates: anatomical connections predict patterns of correlated evolution.

The effects of kin on female fertility in rural Gambia (2003)
Journal Article
Sear, R., Mace, R., & McGregor, I. (2003). The effects of kin on female fertility in rural Gambia. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1090-5138%2802%2900105-8

Human females reproduce relatively rapidly throughout their reproductive years compared to the other great apes. It has been suggested that women are able to sustain this rapid pace by co-opting family members to help raise their children. We tested... Read More about The effects of kin on female fertility in rural Gambia.

A life-history approach to fertility rates in rural Gambia: evidence for trade-offs or phenotypic correlations? (2003)
Book Chapter
Sear, R., Mace, R., & McGregor, I. (2003). A life-history approach to fertility rates in rural Gambia: evidence for trade-offs or phenotypic correlations?. In J. Rodgers, & H. Kohler (Eds.), The biodemography of human reproduction and fertility (135-160). Kluwer

Life history theory predicts that a trade-off will occur between investment in current and future reproduction. We test this hypothesis in a rural Gambian population by determining whether women who have invested heavily in reproduction in the past h... Read More about A life-history approach to fertility rates in rural Gambia: evidence for trade-offs or phenotypic correlations?.