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Relaxed genetic control of cortical organization in human brains compared with chimpanzees by Gómez-Robles, Aida, Hopkins, William D., Schapiro, Steven J., Sherwood, Chet C.

“…The study of hominin brain evolution has focused largely on the neocortical expansion and reorganization undergone by humans as inferred fromthe endocranial…”
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Chimpanzee Intelligence Is Heritable by Hopkins, William D., Russell, Jamie L., Schaeffer, Jennifer

“…The role that genes play in human intelligence or IQ has remained a point of significant scientific debate dating back to the time of Galton [1]. It has now…”
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Independence of data points in the measurement of hand preferences in primates: Statistical problem or urban myth? by Hopkins, William D.

“…ABSTRACT Lack of independence of data points or the pooling fallacy has been suggested as a potential problem in the study of handedness in nonhuman primates,…”
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Cognitive control of orofacial motor and vocal responses in the ventrolateral and dorsomedial human frontal cortex by Loh, Kep Kee, Procyk, Emmanuel, Neveu, Rémi, Lamberton, Franck, Hopkins, William D., Petrides, Michael, Amiez, Céline

“…In the primate brain, a set of areas in the ventrolateral frontal (VLF) cortex and the dorsomedial frontal (DMF) cortex appear to control vocalizations. The…”
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On the origins of human handedness and language: A comparative review of hand preferences for bimanual coordinated actions and gestural communication in nonhuman primates by Meguerditchian, Adrien, Vauclair, Jacques, Hopkins, William D.

“…ABSTRACT Within the evolutionary framework about the origin of human handedness and hemispheric specialization for language, the question of expression of…”
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Comparative and Familial Analysis of Handedness in Great Apes by Hopkins, William D

“…Historically, population-level handedness has been considered a hallmark of human evolution. Whether nonhuman primates exhibit population-level handedness…”
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Why primate models matter by Phillips, Kimberley A., Bales, Karen L., Capitanio, John P., Conley, Alan, Czoty, Paul W., 't Hart, Bert A., Hopkins, William D., Hu, Shiu-Lok, Miller, Lisa A., Nader, Michael A., Nathanielsz, Peter W., Rogers, Jeffrey, Shively, Carol A., Voytko, Mary Lou

“…Research involving nonhuman primates (NHPs) has played a vital role in many of the medical and scientific advances of the past century. NHPs are used because…”
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Comparing human and nonhuman primate handedness: Challenges and a modest proposal for consensus by Hopkins, William D.

“…ABSTRACT In the past 20–25 years, there have been a number of studies published on handedness in nonhuman primates. The goal of these studies has been to…”
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Sulcal organization in the medial frontal cortex provides insights into primate brain evolution by Amiez, Céline, Sallet, Jérôme, Hopkins, William D., Meguerditchian, Adrien, Hadj-Bouziane, Fadila, Ben Hamed, Suliann, Wilson, Charles R. E., Procyk, Emmanuel, Petrides, Michael

“…Although the relative expansion of the frontal cortex in primate evolution is generally accepted, the nature of the human uniqueness, if any, and…”
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Aged chimpanzees exhibit pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease by Edler, Melissa K., Sherwood, Chet C., Meindl, Richard S., Hopkins, William D., Ely, John J., Erwin, Joseph M., Mufson, Elliott J., Hof, Patrick R., Raghanti, Mary Ann

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a uniquely human brain disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta protein (Aβ) into extracellular plaques,…”
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Cognitive control of vocalizations in the primate ventrolateral-dorsomedial frontal (VLF-DMF) brain network by Loh, Kep Kee, Petrides, Michael, Hopkins, William D., Procyk, Emmanuel, Amiez, Céline

“…•Cognitive vocal control is present in both human and non-human primates (NHPs).•VLF and DMF regions contribute to volitional vocal control in both humans and…”
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Morphological evolution of language-relevant brain areas by Gallardo, Guillermo, Eichner, Cornelius, Sherwood, Chet C, Hopkins, William D, Anwander, Alfred, Friederici, Angela D

“…Human language is supported by a cortical network involving Broca’s area, which comprises Brodmann Areas 44 and 45 (BA44 and BA45). While cytoarchitectonic…”
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In vivo mapping of the deep and superficial white matter connectivity in the chimpanzee brain by Chauvel, Maëlig, Uszynski, Ivy, Herlin, Bastien, Popov, Alexandros, Leprince, Yann, Mangin, Jean-François, Hopkins, William D., Poupon, Cyril

“…Mapping the chimpanzee brain connectome and comparing it to that of humans is key to our understanding of similarities and differences in primate evolution…”
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Cortical interlaminar astrocytes across the therian mammal radiation by Falcone, Carmen, Wolf‐Ochoa, Marisol, Amina, Sarwat, Hong, Tiffany, Vakilzadeh, Gelareh, Hopkins, William D., Hof, Patrick R., Sherwood, Chet C., Manger, Paul R., Noctor, Stephen C., Martínez‐Cerdeño, Verónica

“…Interlaminar astrocytes (ILA) in the cerebral cortex possess a soma in layer I and extend an interlaminar process that runs perpendicular to the pia into…”
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Mirror self-recognition and its relationship to social cognition in chimpanzees by Krachun, Carla, Lurz, Robert, Mahovetz, Lindsay M., Hopkins, William D.

“…Chimpanzees and humans are capable of recognizing their own reflection in mirrors. Little is understood about the selective pressures that led to this evolved…”
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New human-specific brain landmark: The depth asymmetry of superior temporal sulcus by Leroy, François, Cai, Qing, Bogart, Stephanie L., Dubois, Jessica, Coulon, Olivier, Monzalvo, Karla, Fischer, Clara, Glasel, Hervé, Van der Haegen, Lise, Bénézit, Audrey, Lin, Ching-Po, Kennedy, David N., Ihara, Aya S., Hertz-Pannier, Lucie, Moutard, Marie-Laure, Poupon, Cyril, Brysbaert, Marc, Roberts, Neil, Hopkins, William D., Mangin, Jean-François, Dehaene-Lambertz, Ghislaine

“…Significance In the human brain, from early in development through to adulthood, the superior temporal sulcus is deeper in the right than the left cerebral…”
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Comparative analysis reveals distinctive epigenetic features of the human cerebellum by Guevara, Elaine E, Hopkins, William D, Hof, Patrick R, Ely, John J, Bradley, Brenda J, Sherwood, Chet C

“…Identifying the molecular underpinnings of the neural specializations that underlie human cognitive and behavioral traits has long been of considerable…”
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Behavioral and brain asymmetries in primates: a preliminary evaluation of two evolutionary hypotheses by Hopkins, William D., Misiura, Maria, Pope, Sarah M., Latash, Elitaveta M.

“…Contrary to many historical views, recent evidence suggests that species‐level behavioral and brain asymmetries are evident in nonhuman species. Here, we…”
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The Impact of Environment on the Comprehension of Declarative Communication in Apes by Lyn, Heidi, Russell, Jamie L., Hopkins, William D.

“…A series of recent reports have questioned the ability of great apes to comprehend declarative communication and have suggested that this ability is…”
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Heritability of Gray Matter Structural Covariation and Tool Use Skills in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): A Source-Based Morphometry and Quantitative Genetic Analysis by Hopkins, William D, Latzman, Robert D, Mareno, Mary Catherine, Schapiro, Steven J, Gómez-Robles, Aida, Sherwood, Chet C

“…Nonhuman primates, and great apes in particular, possess a variety of cognitive abilities thought to underlie human brain and cognitive evolution, most…”
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