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A different species of monkeys, the wild Campbell's monkeys have also been known to produce a sequence of vocalization that require a specific order to elicit a specific behaviour in other monkeys. Changing the order of the sounds changes the resulting behaviour, or meaning, of the call.
The best known research technique in this area is the mirror test devised by Gordon G. Gallup, in which an animal's skin is marked in some way while it is asleep or sedated, and it is then allowed to see its reflection in a mirror; if the animal spontaneously directs grooming behavior towards the mark, that is taken as an indication that it is ...
Subfamily Erinaceinae, various species [66] Silvery mole-rat: 25,000,000 Isotropic fractionator Pallium (cortex) Heliophobius argenteocinereus [46] Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat: 26,000,000 Isotropic fractionator Pallium (cortex) Epomophorus wahlbergi [41] Cape mole-rat: 26,000,000 Isotropic fractionator Pallium (cortex) Georychus capensis [46]
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Encephalization quotient (EQ), encephalization level (EL), or just encephalization is a relative brain size measure that is defined as the ratio between observed and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species.
Scientists have recently discovered a new primate species in Myanmar’s central forest. However, the Popa langur, named after nearby Mount Popa, is tragically already on the verge of extinction.
Formerly the bonobo was known as the "pygmy chimpanzee", despite the bonobo having a similar body size to the common chimpanzee. The name "pygmy" was given by the German zoologist Ernst Schwarz in 1929, who classified the species on the basis of a previously mislabeled bonobo cranium, noting its diminutive size compared to chimpanzee skulls.
RYAN FITZPATRICK. Fitzmagic is probably the most well-known and talked about player for academics. That's largely due to the fact that you don't find many quarterbacks who come from Harvard.