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A principal component analysis run in a meta-analysis of 4,000 primate behaviour papers including 62 species found that 47% of the individual variance in cognitive ability tests was accounted for by a single factor, controlling for socio-ecological variables. [46] This value fits within the accepted range of the influence of g on IQ. [47]
Orangutan researcher Birutė Galdikas presenting her book about the apes. Orangutans were known to the native people of Sumatra and Borneo for millennia. The apes are known as maias in Sarawak and mawas in other parts of Borneo and in Sumatra. [13] While some communities hunted them for food and decoration, others placed taboos on such practices.
Primate sociality. Group of bonobos relaxing and grooming.. Primate sociality is an area of primatology that aims to study the interactions between three main elements of a primate social network: the social organisation, the social structure and the mating system.
With only a few inches and a glass pane separating the orangutan from the human mother, the two shared a truly special moment.Orangutans are known for being particularly protective and doting as ...
Although orangutans are not territorial, adult males will display threatening behaviors upon meeting other males, and only socialize with females to mate. [24] Males are considered the most solitary of the orangutans. The Bornean orangutan has a lifespan of 35–45 years in the wild; [2] in captivity it can live to be about 60. [25]
A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to recovery” after he was kept in a “tiny cage" amid “unthinkable” conditions for six months.. In an Instagram post on Jan. 8, The ...
Russon is widely published in the fields of primate behavior and ecology, [2] is executive director of the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada, [3] and is the author of several popular press books dealing with Great Apes including Orangutans: Wizards of the Rainforest, [4] Reaching into Thought: The Minds of the Great Apes, [5] and The Evolution ...
Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) exhibited aggression in almost 90 percent of their copulations, including when the females were not resisting. [13] A possible explanation for aggressive behaviors in primates is that it is a way for males to train females to be afraid of them and be more likely to surrender to future sexual advances. [1]