Publications of the Max Planck Research Group of Development and Evolution of Cognition
Journal Article (29)
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13, 1540922 (2025)
Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2.
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28 (1), 111542 (2025)
The development of social attention in orangutans: Comparing peering behavior in wild and zoo-housed individuals. iScience 3.
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15 (1), 14853 (2025)
Wild and zoo-housed orangutans differ in how they explore objects. Scientific Reports 4.
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8 (1), 890 (2025)
Observational social learning of "know-how" and "know-what" in wild orangutans: evidence from nest-building skill acquisition. Communications Biology 5.
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292 (2046), 20250443 (2025)
Sumatran orangutan mothers differ in the extent and trajectory of their expression of maternal behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 6.
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15 (1), 20067 (2025)
Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter. Scientific Reports 7.
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The sociality of sleep in animal groups. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2024)
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12, e18484 (2024)
Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task. PeerJ 9.
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Play behavior varies with age, sex, and socioecological context in wild, immature Orangutans (Pongo spp.). International Journal of Primatology (2024)
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14 (1), 8932 (2024)
Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan. Scientific Reports 11.
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291 (2016), 20232345 (2024)
Spontaneous playful teasing in four great ape species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 12.
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14 (1), 16556 (2024)
Tool skill impacts the archaeological evidence across technological primates. Scientific Reports 13.
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27 (2), 108940 (2024)
Orangutan males make increased use of social learning opportunities, when resource availability is high. iScience 14.
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211, pp. 53 - 67 (2024)
The ontogeny of nest-building behaviour in Sumatran orang-utans, Pongo abelii. Animal Behaviour 15.
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Maternal behavior in Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) is modulated by mother-offspring characteristics and socioecological factors. International Journal of Primatology (2024)
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11 (5), 231541 (2024)
Short-term memory, attentional control and brain size in primates. Royal Society Open Science 17.
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85 (9), e23535 (2023)
Alternative reproductive tactics of unflanged and flanged male orangutans revisited. American Journal of Primatology 18.
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11, 1158887 (2023)
Migrant orangutan males use social learning to adapt to new habitat after dispersal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 19.
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13 (1), 13184 (2023)
Ecological, social, and intrinsic factors affecting wild orangutans' curiosity, assessed using a field experiment. Scientific Reports 20.
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23 (1), 77 (2023)
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles? BMC Ecology and Evolution 21.
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21 (2), e3002016 (2023)
Extended parental provisioning and variation in vertebrate brain sizes. PLoS Biology 22.
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46, 101155 (2022)
Learning and skill development in wild primates: toward a better understanding of cognitive evolution. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 23.
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32 (12), pp. R697 - R708 (2022)
The economics of brain size evolution in vertebrates. Current Biology 24.
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19, e3001173 (2021)
Immature wild orangutans acquire relevant ecological knowledge through sex-specific attentional biases during social learning. PLoS Biology 25.
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24 (11), 103304 (2021)
Orang-utans have larger gestural repertoires in captivity than in the wild–a case of weak innovation? iScience 26.
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11, 23679 (2021)
Orangutan mothers adjust their behaviour during food solicitations in a way that likely facilitates feeding skill acquisition in their offspring. Scientific Reports 27.
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75 (5), 81 (2021)
The development and maintenance of sex differences in dietary breadth and complexity in Bornean orangutans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 28.
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3, E39 (2021)
The ontogeny of exploratory object manipulation behaviour in wild orangutans. Evolutionary Human Sciences 29.
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71 (1), pp. 40 - 41 (2020)
Ein Plädoyer für die Relevanz der Vergleichenden Psychologie für das Verständnis menschlicher Entwicklung. Psychologische Rundschau Book Chapter (1)
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Book Chapter
What constitutes non-human culture and how is it studied? In: The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution (Eds. Tehrani, J. J.; Kendal, J.). Oxford University Press (2024)