Study the Differences between the Parameters of Learning and Exploratory Activities in Adult Male Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and Baboon Hamadryas (Papio hamadryas)

Anikaev, A. E.; Meishvili, N. V.; Chalyan, V. G.; Anikaeva, E. N.

doi:10.1007/s10517-022-05397-3

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“…In the latest of a long series of experiments on baboon cognition, Anikaev et al. ( 98 ) compared captive hamadryas baboons and rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) in performance on seven tests that the researchers deemed measures of general cognitive capacities. Specifically, they tested exploratory activity and learning ability in naïve subjects.…”

Section: Baboon Perspectives On Hominin Mental Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Baboon perspectives on the ecology and behavior of early human ancestors

King

2022

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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For more than 70 y researchers have looked to baboons (monkeys of the genus Papio ) as a source of hypotheses about the ecology and behavior of early hominins (early human ancestors and their close relatives). This approach has undergone a resurgence in the last decade as a result of rapidly increasing knowledge from experimental and field studies of baboons and from archeological and paleontological studies of hominins. The result is a rich array of analogies, scenarios, and other stimuli to thought about the ecology and behavior of early hominins. The main intent here is to illustrate baboon perspectives on early hominins, with emphasis on recent developments. This begins with a discussion of baboons and hominins as we know them currently and explains the reasons for drawing comparisons between them. These include occupation of diverse environments, combination of arboreal and terrestrial capabilities, relatively large body size, and sexual dimorphism. The remainder of the paper illustrates the main points with a small number of examples drawn from diverse areas of interest: diet (grasses and fish), danger (leopards and crocodiles), social organization (troops and multilevel societies), social relationships (male–male, male–female, female–female), communication (possible foundations of language), cognition (use of social information, comparison of self to others), and bipedalism (a speculative developmental hypothesis about the neurological basis). The conclusion is optimistic about the future of baboon perspectives on early hominins.

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Section: Baboon Perspectives On Hominin Mental Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%