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Topological spatial representation in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) (2019)
Journal Article
de Raad, A., & Hill, R. (2019). Topological spatial representation in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Animal Cognition, 22(3), 397-412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01253-6

Many species orient towards specific locations to reach important resources using different cognitive mechanisms. Some of these, such as path integration, are now well understood, but the cognitive orientation mechanisms that underlie movements in no... Read More about Topological spatial representation in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus).

From 150 to 3 Dunbar’s numbers (2019)
Book Chapter
Hill, R. (2019). From 150 to 3 Dunbar’s numbers. In D. Shankland (Ed.), Dunbar's number. Sean Kingston Publishing

Prevalence of tool behaviour is associated with pelage phenotype in intraspecific hybrid long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea × M. f. fascicularis) (2019)
Journal Article
Gumert, M. D., Tan, A. W. Y., Luncz, L. V., Chua, C. T., Kulik, L., Switzer, A. D., Haslam, M., Iriki, A., & Malaivijitnond, S. (2019). Prevalence of tool behaviour is associated with pelage phenotype in intraspecific hybrid long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea × M. f. fascicularis). Behaviour, 156(11), 1083-1125. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003557

Stone-hammering behaviour customarily occurs in Burmese long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis aurea, and in some Burmese-common longtail hybrids, M. f. aurea × M. f. fascicularis; however, it is not observed in common longtails. Facial pelage dis... Read More about Prevalence of tool behaviour is associated with pelage phenotype in intraspecific hybrid long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea × M. f. fascicularis).

Quantitative uniqueness of human brain evolution revealed through phylogenetic comparative analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Miller, I. F., Barton, R. A., & Nunn, C. L. (2019). Quantitative uniqueness of human brain evolution revealed through phylogenetic comparative analysis. eLife, 8, Article e41250. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.41250

While the human brain is clearly large relative to body size, less is known about the timing of brain and brain component expansion within primates and the relative magnitude of volumetric increases. Using Bayesian phylogenetic comparative methods an... Read More about Quantitative uniqueness of human brain evolution revealed through phylogenetic comparative analysis.

The Effects of Prestige on Collective Performance and Information Flow in a Strictly Hierarchical Institution (2019)
Journal Article
Offord, M., Gill, R., & Kendal, J. (2019). The Effects of Prestige on Collective Performance and Information Flow in a Strictly Hierarchical Institution. Palgrave communications, 5, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0211-8

Institutions such as the military aim to respond efficiently to complex logistical challenges using a strictly hierarchical structure, where leaders are assigned a rank by senior colleagues and team members are trained to obey leader commands. Anthro... Read More about The Effects of Prestige on Collective Performance and Information Flow in a Strictly Hierarchical Institution.

Ethological Approaches to Empathy in Primates (2018)
Book Chapter
Clay, Z., Palagi, E., & de Waal, F. B. (2018). Ethological Approaches to Empathy in Primates. In K. Meyza, & E. Knapska (Eds.), Neuronal Correlates of Empathy: From Rodent to Man (53-66). Academic Press

Ethological Approaches to Empathy in Primates (2018)
Book Chapter
Clay, Z., Palagi, E., & de Waal, F. B. (2018). Ethological Approaches to Empathy in Primates. In K. Meyza, & E. Knapska (Eds.), Neuronal correlates of empathy – from rodent to man. Elsevier

Does the grey mouse lemur use agonistic vocalizations to recognise kin? (2018)
Journal Article
Kessler, S. E., Radespiel, U., Hasiniaina, A. I., Nash, L. T., & Zimmermann, E. (2018). Does the grey mouse lemur use agonistic vocalizations to recognise kin?. Contributions to zoology, 87(4), 261-274

Frequent kin-biased coalitionary behaviour is a hallmark of mammalian social complexity. Furthermore, selection to understand complex social dynamics is believed to underlie the co-evolution of social complexity and large brains. Vocalisations have b... Read More about Does the grey mouse lemur use agonistic vocalizations to recognise kin?.

Higher fundamental frequency in bonobos is explained by larynx morphology (2018)
Journal Article
Grawunder, S., Crockford, C., Clay, Z., Kalan, A., Stevens, J., Stoessel, A., & Hohmann, G. (2018). Higher fundamental frequency in bonobos is explained by larynx morphology. Current Biology, 28(20), R1188-R1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.030

Acoustic signals, shaped by natural and sexual selection, reveal ecological and social selection pressures [1]. Examining acoustic signals together with morphology can be particularly revealing. But this approach has rarely been applied to primates,... Read More about Higher fundamental frequency in bonobos is explained by larynx morphology.

Faking the News: Intentional Guided Variation Reflects Cognitive Biases in Transmission Chains Without Recall (2018)
Journal Article
Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Flynn, E. (2018). Faking the News: Intentional Guided Variation Reflects Cognitive Biases in Transmission Chains Without Recall. Cultural Science Journal, 10(1), 54-65. https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.109

Two potential forms of mutation in cultural evolution have been identified: ‘copying error’, where learners make random modifications to a behaviour and ‘guided variation’ where learners makes non-random modifications. While copying error is directly... Read More about Faking the News: Intentional Guided Variation Reflects Cognitive Biases in Transmission Chains Without Recall.

Social Structure Facilitated the Evolution of Care-giving as a Strategy for Disease Control in the Human Lineage (2018)
Journal Article
Kessler, S. E., Bonnell, T. R., Setchell, J. M., & Chapman, C. A. (2018). Social Structure Facilitated the Evolution of Care-giving as a Strategy for Disease Control in the Human Lineage. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 13997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31568-2

Humans are the only species to have evolved cooperative care-giving as a strategy for disease control. A synthesis of evidence from the fossil record, paleogenomics, human ecology, and disease transmission models, suggests that care-giving for the di... Read More about Social Structure Facilitated the Evolution of Care-giving as a Strategy for Disease Control in the Human Lineage.

Suicides, poisons and the materially possible: The positive ambivalence of means restriction and critical–critical global health (2018)
Journal Article
Widger, T. (2018). Suicides, poisons and the materially possible: The positive ambivalence of means restriction and critical–critical global health. Journal of Material Culture, 23(4), 396-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183518799525

Developing an object-oriented perspective on suicide, in this article the author challenges critical global health scholarship and sociological theories of ambivalence by showing how a focus on ‘materially possible’ suicide prevention can offer cultu... Read More about Suicides, poisons and the materially possible: The positive ambivalence of means restriction and critical–critical global health.

Conflict and Security (2018)
Book Chapter
Lyon, S. M. (2018). Conflict and Security. In P. Sillitoe (Ed.), International encyclopedia of anthropology. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2011

Conflict and security although related, imply different domains. Conflict has long been a pre-occupation of anthropology. Underlying assumptions about how best to understand conflict have shifted over the years, but it is probably fair to say that an... Read More about Conflict and Security.

An experimental investigation into the transmission of antivax attitudes using a fictional health controversy (2018)
Journal Article
Jiménez, Á. V., Stubbersfield, J. M., & Tehrani, J. J. (2018). An experimental investigation into the transmission of antivax attitudes using a fictional health controversy. Social Science & Medicine, 215, 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.032

Rationale: Although vaccines are an invaluable weapon in combatting diseases, they are often surrounded by controversy. Vaccine controversies usually arise with the claims of some parents or doctors who link vaccines to harmful outcomes. These contro... Read More about An experimental investigation into the transmission of antivax attitudes using a fictional health controversy.

First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Baauw, A. H., Heyne, H., Williams, K. S., Hill, R. A., Heitkönig, I. M., & Williams, S. T. (2019). First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 10(1), 128-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.08.011

Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are important disease vectors for large carnivores, but the composition of the tick communities that parasitize carnivores is poorly understood. We collected ticks from leopards (Panthera pardus) and brown hyenas (Hyaen... Read More about First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa.

Did Einstein Really Say that? Testing Content Versus Context in the Cultural Selection of Quotations (2018)
Journal Article
Acerbi, A., & Tehrani, J. (2018). Did Einstein Really Say that? Testing Content Versus Context in the Cultural Selection of Quotations. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 18(3-4), 293-311. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340032

We experimentally investigated the influence of context-based biases, such as prestige and popularity, on the preferences for quotations. Participants were presented with random quotes associated to famous or unknown authors (experiment one), or with... Read More about Did Einstein Really Say that? Testing Content Versus Context in the Cultural Selection of Quotations.