For humans we implicitly assume that the way we do things is the product of social learning
and thus cultural. For animals, this conclusion requires proof. Here, we first review the most …

Domesticated and vocal learning species can serve as informative model organisms for the
reduction of reactive aggression and emergence of speech in our lineage. Amidst mounting …

Cumulative culture has been claimed a hallmark of human evolution. Yet, the uniqueness of
human culture is heavily debated. The zone of latent solutions hypothesis states that only …

In humans, individuals' social setting determines which and how language is acquired.
Social seclusion experiments show that sociality also guides vocal development in …

Dispersal has been suggested to be challenging, especially for species that heavily rely on
social learning for knowledge acquisition. One of the obstacles that migrants face is learning …

In contrast to the African great apes, orangutans (Pongo spp.) are semisolitary: Individuals
are often on their own, but form aggregations more often than expected by chance. These …

Explaining the evolution of primate social organization has been fundamental to understand
human sociality and social evolution more broadly. It has often been suggested that the …

The readiness to interact with and explore novel stimuli—ie, curiosity—is the cornerstone of
innovation. Great apes show broad and complex innovation repertoires. However, little is …

Female orangutans exhibit natal philopatry, living in stable home ranges that overlap with
those of their maternal relatives. Using data collected from 2003 to 2017 at Tuanan in …

Social tolerance is generally treated as a stable, species-specific characteristic. Recent
research, however, has questioned this position and emphasized the importance of …