Search Results - "Rendell, L"

evolutionary basis of human social learning by Morgan, T. J. H, Rendell, L. E, Ehn, M, Hoppitt, W, Laland, K. N

“…Humans are characterized by an extreme dependence on culturally transmitted information. Such dependence requires the complex integration of social and asocial…”
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Why Copy Others? Insights from the Social Learning Strategies Tournament by Rendell, L, Boyd, R, Cownden, D, Enquist, M, Eriksson, K, Feldman, M.W, Fogarty, L, Ghirlanda, S, Lillicrap, T, Laland, K.N

“…Social learning (learning through observation or interaction with other individuals) is widespread in nature and is central to the remarkable success of…”
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Experimental evidence for the co-evolution of hominin tool-making teaching and language by Morgan, T. J. H., Uomini, N. T., Rendell, L. E., Chouinard-Thuly, L., Street, S. E., Lewis, H. M., Cross, C. P., Evans, C., Kearney, R., de la Torre, I., Whiten, A., Laland, K. N.

“…Hominin reliance on Oldowan stone tools—which appear from 2.5 mya and are believed to have been socially transmitted—has been hypothesized to have led to the…”
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Mediterranean Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus: The Precarious State of a Lost Tribe by Rendell, L, Frantzis, A

“…First observed in the classical era, a population of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) persists to this day in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea…”
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Vocal clans in sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) by Rendell, L. E., Whitehead, H.

“…= 18, each consisting of about 11 females and immatures with long–term relationships) and 61 out of 64 groups (about two social units moving together for…”
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Tail walking in a bottlenose dolphin community: the rise and fall of an arbitrary cultural ‘fad’ by Bossley, M., Steiner, A., Brakes, P., Shrimpton, J., Foster, C., Rendell, L.

“…Social learning of adaptive behaviour is widespread in animal populations, but the spread of arbitrary behaviours is less common. In this paper, we describe…”
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How copying affects the amount, evenness and persistence of cultural knowledge: insights from the social learning strategies tournament by Rendell, L., Boyd, R., Enquist, M., Feldman, M. W., Fogarty, L., Laland, K. N.

“…Darwinian processes should favour those individuals that deploy the most effective strategies for acquiring information about their environment. We organized a…”
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Implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis in Mongolia: a qualitative exploration of barriers and enablers by Rendell, Nicole L, Bekhbat, Solongo, Ganbaatar, Gantungalag, Dorjravdan, Munkhjargal, Pai, Madhukar, Dobler, Claudia C

“…The aim of our study was to identify barriers and enablers to implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF test within Mongolia's National Tuberculosis Program…”
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Sperm whale feeding variation by location, year, social group and clan: evidence from stable isotopes by Marcoux, Marianne, Whitehead, Hal, Rendell, Luke

“…We studied the diet of sperm whalesPhyseter macrocephalusby measuring carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 106 sloughed skin samples and 10 squid beaks…”
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Abundance and movements of sperm whales in the western Mediterranean basin by Rendell, L, Simião, S, Brotons, J. M, Airoldi, S, Fasano, D, Gannier, A

“…Sperm whales in the Mediterranean are classified as ‘Endangered’ by the IUCN. They are apparently isolated from adjacent Atlantic populations, and subject to…”
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A new song recorded from blue whales in the Corcovado Gulf, Southern Chile, and an acoustic link to the Eastern Tropical Pacific by SJ Buchan, R Hucke-Gaete, L Rendell, KM Stafford

“…The identity, distribution and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus that forage in the Chiloense Ecoregion in Southern Chile remain unclear. Studies…”
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Mental time travel, memory and the social learning strategies tournament by Fogarty, L., Rendell, L., Laland, K.N.

“…► We revisit the results of the Social Learning Strategies Tournament. ► We examine the strategies’ ability to use memory and discount information. ► We split…”
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Intracellular Localization of hsp90 Is Influenced by Developmental Stage and Environmental Estrogens in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss by Rendell, Jillian L., Currie, Suzanne

“…In this study, we investigated the intracellular localization of heat shock proteins hsp90 and hsp70 in adult and juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)…”
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The role of hsp90 in 17 α-ethynylestradiol-induced endocrine disruption in rainbow trout hepatocytes by Osborne, Nolan, Sherry, James, Rendell, Jillian L., Currie, Suzanne

“…The potent synthetic estrogen, 17 α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) can affect fish by competing with naturally produced estrogen for ligand binding sites on the…”
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Risk of tuberculosis during pregnancy in Mongolia, a high incidence setting with low HIV prevalence by Rendell, N. L., Batjargal, N., Jadambaa, N., Dobler, C. C.

“…OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiology and the relative risk of tuberculosis (TB) in pregnant women in Mongolia, a high TB incidence setting with a low…”
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VOCAL RESPONSE OF LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALES (GLOBICEPHALA MELAS) TO MILITARY SONAR IN THE LIGURIAN SEA by Rendell, L. E., Gordon, J. C. D.

“…The increasing level of man-made noise in the world's oceans and the effects that this may be having on marine life, especially on acoustically sensitive…”
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Modelling sperm whale habitat preference: a novel approach combining transect and follow data by Pirotta, Enrico, Matthiopoulos, Jason, MacKenzie, Monique, Scott-Hayward, Lindesay, Rendell, Luke

“…Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalushabitat preferences are still poorly understood in the Mediterranean, despite the population being classified as ‘Endangered’…”
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Habitat use of culturally distinct Galápagos sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus clans by Eguiguren, Ana, Pirotta, Enrico, Cantor, Maurício, Rendell, Luke, Whitehead, Hal

“…Ecological niche is traditionally defined at the species level, but individual niches can vary considerably within species. Research on intra-specific niche…”
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Stable isotopes suggest fine-scale sexual segregation in an isolated, endangered sperm whale population by Pirotta, Enrico, Vighi, Morgana, Brotons, José María, Dillane, Eileen, Cerdà, Margalida, Rendell, Luke

“…Sexual segregation is common among marine mammals, leading to intraspecific differences in diet, diving behaviour, home range size and even latitudinal…”
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Culture in whales and dolphins by Rendell, L, Whitehead, H

“…Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans. However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation…”
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