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Temporal stability of chimpanzee social culture by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C.

“…Culture is a hallmark of the human species, both in terms of the transmission of material inventions (e.g. tool manufacturing) and the adherence to social…”
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Social laughter is correlated with an elevated pain threshold by Dunbar, R. I. M, Baron, Rebecca, Frangou, Anna, Pearce, Eiluned, van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C, Stow, Julie, Partridge, Giselle, MacDonald, Ian, Barra, Vincent, van Vugt, Mark

“…Although laughter forms an important part of human non-verbal communication, it has received rather less attention than it deserves in both the experimental…”
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Beyond social learning by Singh, Manvir, Acerbi, Alberto, Caldwell, Christine A., Danchin, Étienne, Isabel, Guillaume, Molleman, Lucas, Scott-Phillips, Thom, Tamariz, Monica, van den Berg, Pieter, van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Derex, Maxime

“…Cultural evolution requires the social transmission of information. For this reason, scholars have emphasized social learning when explaining how and why…”
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A group-specific arbitrary tradition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Cronin, Katherine A., Haun, Daniel B. M.

“…Social learning in chimpanzees has been studied extensively and it is now widely accepted that chimpanzees have the capacity to learn from conspecifics through…”
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Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships by Rawlings, Bruce S., van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Davila-Ross, Marina

“…Male and female human social bonding strategies are culturally shaped, in addition to being genetically rooted. Investigating nonhuman primate bonding…”
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Chimpanzees communicate to coordinate a cultural practice by Goldsborough, Zoë, Schel, Anne Marijke, van Leeuwen, Edwin J C

“…Human culture thrives by virtue of communication, yet whether communication plays an influential role in the cultural lives of other animals remains…”
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Chimpanzees organize their social relationships like humans by Escribano, Diego, Doldán-Martelli, Victoria, Cronin, Katherine A., Haun, Daniel B. M., van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Cuesta, José A., Sánchez, Angel

“…Human relationships are structured in a set of layers, ordered from higher (intimate relationships) to lower (acquaintances) emotional and cognitive intensity…”
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Population-specific social dynamics in chimpanzees by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Cronin, Katherine A., Haun, Daniel B. M.

“…Understanding intraspecific variation in sociality is essential for characterizing the flexibility and evolution of social systems, yet its study in nonhuman…”
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The development of human social learning across seven societies by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Cohen, Emma, Collier-Baker, Emma, Rapold, Christian J., Schäfer, Marie, Schütte, Sebastian, Haun, Daniel B. M.

“…Social information use is a pivotal characteristic of the human species. Avoiding the cost of individual exploration, social learning confers substantial…”
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What animal cultures may beget: Comment on “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew Whiten by van Leeuwen, Edwin J.C., Goldsborough, Zoë

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What isn't social tolerance? The past, present, and possible future of an overused term in the field of primatology by DeTroy, Sarah E., Haun, Daniel B. M., Leeuwen, Edwin J. C.

“…In the past four decades, the term social tolerance has been utilized to describe, explain, and predict many different aspects of primates' sociality and has…”
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Why intergroup variation matters for understanding behaviour by Kaufhold, Stephan P, van Leeuwen, Edwin J C

“…Intergroup variation (IGV) refers to variation between different groups of the same species. While its existence in the behavioural realm has been expected and…”
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Social culture in bonobos by van Leeuwen, Edwin J.C., Staes, Nicky, Verspeek, Jonas, Hoppitt, William J.E., Stevens, Jeroen M.G.

“…Van Leeuwen et al. found that two peculiar interactive behaviors (social scratching and groom slapping) transmitted socially through bonobo networks across six…”
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Beyond social learning by Singh, Manvir, Acerbi, Alberto, Caldwell, Christine A, Danchin, Étienne, Isabel, Guillaume, Molleman, Lucas, Scott-Phillips, Thom, Tamariz, Monica, van den Berg, Pieter, van Leeuwen, Edwin J C, Derex, Maxime

“…Cultural evolution requires the social transmission of information. For this reason, scholars have emphasized social learning when explaining how and why…”
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Early social deprivation negatively affects social skill acquisition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Mulenga, Innocent Chitalu, Chidester, Diana Lisensky

“…In a highly social species like chimpanzees, the process by which individuals become attuned to their social environment may be of vital importance to their…”
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Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making by Morgan, Thomas J H, Acerbi, Alberto, van Leeuwen, Edwin J C

“…Cultural evolution is the product of the psychological mechanisms that underlie individual decision making. One commonly studied learning mechanism is a…”
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Scoring epidemiological forecasts on transformed scales by Bosse, Nikos I, Abbott, Sam, Cori, Anne, van Leeuwen, Edwin, Bracher, Johannes, Funk, Sebastian

“…Forecast evaluation is essential for the development of predictive epidemic models and can inform their use for public health decision-making. Common scores to…”
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Conformity and its look-a-likes by van Leeuwen, Edwin J.C., Kendal, Rachel L., Tennie, Claudio, Haun, Daniel B.M.

“…•The study of conformity currently suffers from definitional ambiguity.•Conformity and conformist transmission are distinct majority influences.•These majority…”
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Adult bonobos show no prosociality in both prosocial choice task and group service paradigm by Verspeek, Jonas, van Leeuwen, Edwin J C, Laméris, Daan W, Staes, Nicky, Stevens, Jeroen M G

“…Previous studies reported contrasting conclusions concerning bonobo prosociality, which are likely due to differences in the experimental design, the social…”
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Foraging zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ) are public information users rather than conformists by van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Morgan, Thomas J. H., Riebel, Katharina

“…Social learning enables adaptive information acquisition provided that it is not random but selective. To understand species typical decision-making and to…”
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