Early sociability fosters later exploratory tendency in wild immature orangutans.
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SUBMITTER: Schuppli C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6949034 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
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Early sociability fosters later exploratory tendency in wild immature orangutans.
Schuppli Caroline C van Noordwijk Maria M Atmoko Suci Utami SU van Schaik Carel C
Science advances 20200108 2
Exploration is essential for skill acquisition and strongly facilitates cognitive performance. In humans, it is widely known that exploration and later cognitive performance are highly dependent on early social inputs. Here, we aim to shed light on the evolutionary roots of this process by studying the effects of variation in opportunities for social learning on the exploratory tendency of immature orangutans (<i>Pongo</i> spp.) in nature. We based our analyses on mixed cross-sectional, longitud ...[more]
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