Monkeys spontaneously discriminate their unfamiliar paternal kin under natural conditions using facial cues

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1806-1810

  Pfefferle, Dana ^a,b,f   Kazem, Anahita J N ^a,c   Brockhausen, Ralf R ^d   Ruiz Lambides, Angelina V ^a,b,e   Widdig, Anja ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; SIBLING; VISION;

ANIMALS; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIBLINGS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84905649918     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.058     Document Type: Article

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