Sarah E. DeTroy
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The barriers and drivers of building refurbishments: an investigation of attitudes and perceptions among German architectural designers Open
Conducting building refurbishments in place of new construction greatly reduces the environmental impact of the construction industry. However, business as usual still often consists of demolition and new construction instead of using the …
Evolution of Humanity Open
In 1952, Kinji Imanishi wrote a thought-provoking essay on the nature of animal societies. In this essay, he applied the concept of human culture (which he referred to as Karuchua ) to nonhuman animals by giving different taxa a voice in a…
What<i>isn't</i>social tolerance<i>?</i>The past, present, and possible future of an overused term in the field of primatology Open
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 been measured with a large range of traits and behaviors. To date, however, there…
View article: Chimpanzees behave prosocially in a group-specific manner
Chimpanzees behave prosocially in a group-specific manner Open
An experiment with chimpanzees in three neighboring communities show that they behave prosocially in a group-specific manner.
Cofeeding tolerance in chimpanzees depends on group composition: A longitudinal study across four communities Open
Social tolerance is generally treated as a stable, species-specific characteristic. Recent research, however, has questioned this position and emphasized the importance of intraspecific variation. We investigate the temporal stability of s…
View article: The Evolution of Primate Short-Term Memory
The Evolution of Primate Short-Term Memory Open
Short-term memory is implicated in a range of cognitive abilities and is critical for understanding primate cognitive evolution. To investigate the effects of phylogeny, ecology and sociality on short-term memory, we tested the largest and…
Establishing an infrastructure for collaboration in primate cognition research Open
Inferring the evolutionary history of cognitive abilities requires large and diverse samples. However, such samples are often beyond the reach of individual researchers or institutions, and studies are often limited to small numbers of spe…
Spontaneous social tool use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Open
Although there is good evidence that social animals show elaborate cognitive skills to deal with others, there are few reports of animals physically using social agents and their respective responses as means to an end-social tool use. In …