Sentences with phrase «chimpanzee behavior»
"Chimpanzee behavior" refers to the way chimpanzees act and interact with each other and their environment. It includes how they communicate, find food, build shelters, and live in groups. It helps scientists understand their social structure and how they differ from other animals. Full definition
But a new opportunity may be opening up for studies of chimpanzee behavior and cognition: A first - of - its - kind partnership between a sanctuary and a research center, announced this month, is designed to bolster the scientific output of facilities that have until now primarily focused on the long - term care of their animals.
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Takayoshi Kano and others, meanwhile, have cast a new light on chimpanzee behavior through studies of the bonobo, the chimpanzee's more peaceable, more egalitarian cousin.
Brett Morgen's Jane explores the life and legacy of Jane Goodall, following her determined mission to study chimpanzee behavior, despite being untrained and largely ridiculed by the male - dominated scientific community.
He adds that Chimfunshi has four such groups with grown - up orphans and that overall «they seem to be healthy and stable and exhibit typical chimpanzee behavior.»
As chimpanzees avoid human contact, CHRISTOPHE BOESCH explains, the research team conducted the study by setting up camera traps to catch chimpanzee behavior on video.
Side rant: Filmmaker Brett Morgen won the WGA Award for his superb documentary Jane, a look at renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and her early days researching chimpanzee behavior in Tanzania.
Here, we set out to systematically investigate whether prestige effects might operate in the transmission of chimpanzee behaviors.
THE MEANING «This is an important paper because it provides evidence for the minimum age of the chimpanzee behavior of cracking nuts with stone tools,» says Stanley Ambrose, an anthropologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
Led by primatologist Andrew Whiten of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, they listed 39 chimpanzee behaviors that go beyond mere survival strategies.