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Ocular pigmentation in humans, great apes, and gibbons is not suggestive of communicative functions by Caspar, Kai R., Biggemann, Marco, Geissmann, Thomas, Begall, Sabine

“…Pigmentation patterns of the visible part of the eyeball, encompassing the iris and portions of the sclera, have been discussed to be linked to social…”
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The evolution and biological correlates of hand preferences in anthropoid primates by Caspar, Kai R, Pallasdies, Fabian, Mader, Larissa, Sartorelli, Heitor, Begall, Sabine

“…The evolution of human right-handedness has been intensively debated for decades. Manual lateralization patterns in non-human primates have the potential to…”
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Correction: Scleral appearance is not a correlate of domestication in mammals by Caspar, Kai R, Hüttner, Lisa, Begall, Sabine

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Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys) by Caspar, Kai R., Stopka, Pavel, Issel, Daniel, Katschak, Kristin H., Zöllner, Till, Zupanc, Sina, Žáček, Petr, Begall, Sabine

“…Subterranean common mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (family Bathyergidae) live in large, cooperatively-breeding families. Odor cues have been hypothesized to…”
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Scleral appearance is not a correlate of domestication in mammals by Caspar, Kai R, Hüttner, Lisa, Begall, Sabine

“…Numerous hypotheses try to explain the unusual appearance of the human eye with its bright sclera and transparent conjunctiva and how it could have evolved…”
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Captive gibbons (Hylobatidae) use different referential cues in an object-choice task: insights into lesser ape cognition and manual laterality by Caspar, Kai R, Mader, Larissa, Pallasdies, Fabian, Lindenmeier, Miriam, Begall, Sabine

“…Utilization of visual referential cues by non-human primates is a subject of constant scientific interest. However, only few primate species, mostly great…”
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Hematological convergence between Mesozoic marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) and extant aquatic amniotes elucidates diving adaptations in plesiosaurs by Fleischle, Corinna V., Sander, P. Martin, Wintrich, Tanja, Caspar, Kai R.

“…Plesiosaurs are a prominent group of Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the more inclusive clades Pistosauroidea and Sauropterygia. In the Middle Triassic,…”
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Evoked auditory potentials from African mole-rats and coruros reveal disparity in subterranean rodent hearing by Caspar, Kai R, Heinrich, Alexandra, Mellinghaus, Lea, Gerhardt, Patricia, Begall, Sabine

“…Hearing in subterranean rodents exhibits numerous peculiarities, including low sensitivity and restriction to a narrow range of comparatively low frequencies…”
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Reversal of precedence: The oldest available name of the Javan gibbon and a complete synonymy of the species by Caspar, Kai R.

“…Over the course of their long research history, a plethora of scientific names have been applied to the different species of apes (Hominoidea). Although…”
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Dance displays in gibbons: biological and linguistic perspectives on structured, intentional, and rhythmic body movement by Coye, Camille, Caspar, Kai R, Patel-Grosz, Pritty

“…Female crested gibbons (genus Nomascus) perform conspicuous sequences of twitching movements involving the rump and extremities. However, these dances have…”
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Otoacoustic emissions in African mole-rats by Manley, Geoffrey A., Maat, Bert, Begall, Sabine, Malkemper, Pascal, Caspar, Kai R., Moritz, Leif, van Dijk, Pim

“…•African mole-rats have only low-frequency hearing; an acoustic fovea is known in one species.•It has been claimed that, uniquely among mammals, certain…”
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Hylobates moloch (Primates: Hylobatidae) by Caspar, Kai R., Yi, Yoonjung

“…Hylobates moloch (Audebert, 1797), the Javan or silvery gibbon, is a pair-living small ape which is exclusively found in the western and central regions of the…”
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Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) by Begall, Sabine, Burda, Hynek, Caspar, Kai R

“…Fukomys anselli (Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999) is a bathyergid commonly known as Ansell's mole-rat. This tooth-digging subterranean rodent…”
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Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) by Caspar, Kai R, Burda, Hynek, Begall, Sabine

“…Fukomys mechowii (Peters, 1881), the giant mole-rat or Mechow's mole-rat, is a cooperatively breeding, tooth-digging, subterranean rodent. It is the largest…”
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Eyes are essential for magnetoreception in a mammal by Caspar, Kai R, Moldenhauer, Katrin, Moritz, Regina E, Němec, Pavel, Malkemper, E Pascal, Begall, Sabine

“…Several groups of mammals use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation, but their magnetosensory organ remains unknown. The Ansell's mole-rat ( ,…”
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How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research by Caspar, Kai R., Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Cristián, Bertrand, Ornella C., Carr, Thomas, Colbourne, Jennifer A. D., Erb, Arthur, George, Hady, Holtz, Thomas R., Naish, Darren, Wylie, Douglas R., Hurlburt, Grant R.

“…Recent years have seen increasing scientific interest in whether neuron counts can act as correlates of diverse biological phenomena. Lately, Herculano‐Houzel…”
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Effects of Sex and Breeding Status on Skull Morphology in Cooperatively Breeding Ansell’s Mole-Rats and an Appraisal of Sexual Dimorphism in the Bathyergidae by Caspar, Kai R., Müller, Jacqueline, Begall, Sabine

“…African mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (Northern common mole-rats) combine a monogamous mating system and pronounced sexual size dimorphism; a pattern highly…”
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Attracted by a magnet: Exploration behaviour of rodents in the presence of magnetic objects by Malewski, Sandra, Malkemper, E. Pascal, Sedláček, František, Šumbera, Radim, Caspar, Kai R., Burda, Hynek, Begall, Sabine

“…•We present a fast and low-cost methodological approach to test for magnetosensitivity in mammals, investigating exploration behavior in the presence of…”
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