Unusual feeding behavior in wild great apes, a window to understand origins of self-medication in humans: Role of sociality and physiology on learning process

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-349

  Masi, Shelly ^a   Gustafsson, Erik ^a   Saint Jalme, Michel ^a   Narat, Victor ^a,b   Todd, Angelique ^c   Bomsel, Marie Claude ^a   Krief, Sabrina ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Département des Jardins Botaniques et Zoologiques ^*  (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Feeding; Gut detoxication abilities; Medicinal plants; Observational learning; Primates; Self medication; Unusual food; Western gorillas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GORILLA; HERBIVORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; UGANDA; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UGANDA;

EID: 80052842083     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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