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Contact with human facilities appears to enhance technical skills in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Van De Waal E.; Bshary R. (2010)

Technical abilities of primates are typically tested in the laboratory. It has been argued that close contact between animals and humans may lead to an increase in skills due to an 'enculturation' of subjects. Here, we ...
Selective attention to philopatric models causes directed social learning in wild vervet monkeys

Van De Waal E.; Renevey N.; Favre C.M.; Bshary R. (2010)

Human behaviour is often based on social learning, a mechanism that has been documented also in a variety of other vertebrates. However, social learning as a means of problem-solving may be optimal only under specific ...
Social-learning abilities of wild vervet monkeys in a two-step task artificial fruit experiment

Van De Waal E.; Bshary R. (2011)

Social learning is the basis for the formation of traditions in both human and nonhuman animals. Field observations and experiments provide evidence for the existence of traditions in animals but they do not address the ...

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