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Primate Behavioral Evolution

Primate Behavioral Evolution is a theoretical construct within primatology that explains the adaptive development of social, cognitive, and ecological behaviors in primates over evolutionary time through natural selection and phylogenetic descent.

2.6K

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2017–2026

400

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Publications

2.6K

Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans

Robin Dunbar · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1993 · 2.4K citations

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The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution

Leslie C. Aiello, P.E. Wheeler · Current Anthropology · 1995 · 2.3K citations

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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science.

Margaret W. Rossiter, Donna Haraway · Journal of American History · 1990 · 2.3K citations

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Altruistic Helping in Human Infants and Young Chimpanzees

Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello · Science · 2006 · 1.6K citations

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Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

Esther Herrmann, Josep Call, María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

3.7K

  1. JC
    Josep Call

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    94 publications · 12.9K citations

    53

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  2. MT
    Michael Tomasello

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    67 publications · 14.7K citations

    47

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  3. CP
    Carel P. van Schaik

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    45 publications · 7.3K citations

    39

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  4. KZ
    Klaus Zuberbühler

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    51 publications · 5.6K citations

    36

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  5. CB
    Christophe Boesch

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    33 publications · 5.8K citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    89 h-index

    543 publications

    89.6K citations

  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    70 h-index

    323 publications

    30.2K citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    66 h-index

    254 publications

    33.1K citations

  4. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    51 h-index

    130 publications

    17.9K citations

  5. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    50 h-index

    149 publications

    31.7K citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    49 h-index

    130 publications

    15.9K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    47 h-index

    128 publications

    14.9K citations

  8. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    47 h-index

    183 publications

    18.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    141 publications · 16.3K citations

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  2. Primates

    209 publications · 14.8K citations

    67

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 80 publications · 13.8K citations

    59

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 62 publications · 14.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 75 publications · 8.8K citations

    49

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