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4,300-year-old chimpanzee sites and the origins of percussive stone technology

scientific article published on 27 February 2007

A camera trap assessment of the forest mammal community within the transitional savannah-forest mosaic of the Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon

scholarly article by Daniela Hedwig et al published 3 February 2018 in African Journal of Ecology

A cautionary note on fecal sampling and molecular epidemiology in predatory wild great apes

scientific article published on June 2015

A longitudinal study of urinary dipstick parameters in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on August 2010

A new Bacillus anthracis found in wild chimpanzees and a gorilla from West and Central Africa

scientific article

A novel adenovirus of Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).

scientific article

A theory that's hard to digest

scientific article published in Nature

Absence of frequent herpesvirus transmission in a nonhuman primate predator-prey system in the wild

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

African great apes are naturally infected with polyomaviruses closely related to Merkel cell polyomavirus

scientific article

Age-related effects on malaria parasite infection in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Alarming decline of West African chimpanzees in Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published in October 2008

Altruism in forest chimpanzees: the case of adoption

scientific article published in 2010

Anthrax in Western and Central African great apes

scientific article published on September 2006

Anthrax kills wild chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest

scientific article published on July 2004

Assessing Host-Virus Codivergence for Close Relatives of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infecting African Great Apes

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Attractiveness of female sexual signaling predicts differences in female grouping patterns between bonobos and chimpanzees

scientific article published on 23 September 2021

Audience effects, but not environmental influences, explain variation in gorilla close distance vocalizations-A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis

scientific article

Author Correction: Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Away from ethnocentrism and anthropocentrism: towards a scientific understanding of "what makes us human".

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Behavioral ecology of western gorillas: new insights from the field

scientific article published in October 2004

Between-Group Competition Impacts Reproductive Success in Wild Chimpanzees

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Bisexually bonded ranging in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

article published in 2005

Breaking down the barriers

scientific article published in Nature

Brief communication: Endocranial volumes in an ontogenetic sample of chimpanzees from the Taï Forest National Park, Ivory Coast

scientific article

CD4 receptor diversity in chimpanzees protects against SIV infection

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Call combinations in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published in April 2005

Camera traps unveil demography, social structure, and home range of six unhabituated Western chimpanzee groups in the Moyen Bafing National Park, Guinea

scientific article published on 20 November 2023

Carrion fly-derived DNA as a tool for comprehensive and cost-effective assessment of mammalian biodiversity

scientific article

Characterization of Bacillus anthracis-like bacteria isolated from wild great apes from Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon

scientific article

Characterization of a new simian T-lymphocyte virus type 1 (STLV-1) in a wild living chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) from Ivory Coast: evidence of a new STLV-1 group?

scientific article published on March 2003

Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing

scientific article

Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

scientific article published on 27 October 2016

Chimpanzees routinely fish for algae with tools during the dry season in Bakoun, Guinea

scientific article

Chimpanzees' technical reasoning: Taking fieldwork and ontogeny seriously

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Christophe Boesch ⬇️

scientific article published on November 20, 2012

Co-residence between males and their mothers and grandmothers is more frequent in bonobos than chimpanzees

scientific article

Comparative isotope ecology of African great apes

scientific article

Comparing social skills of children and apes

scientific article published in February 2008

Comparison of male conflict behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), with specific regard to coalition and post-conflict behavior

scientific article

Comparisons of Limb Structural Properties in Free-ranging Chimpanzees from Kibale, Gombe, Mahale, and Taï Communities

article published in 2010

Complex tool sets for honey extraction among chimpanzees in Loango National Park, Gabon

scientific article

Contextual correlates of syntactic variation in mountain and western gorilla close-distance vocalizations: indications for lexical or phonological syntax?

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

Cooperative hunting in wild chimpanzees

Cooperative hunting roles among taï chimpanzees

scientific article published in March 2002

Correction: Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Dental trait expression at the enamel-dentine junction of lower molars in extant and fossil hominoids

scientific article published on 28 November 2007

Development of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of 23 endogenous steroids in small quantities of primate urine

scientific article

Developmental defects in the teeth of three wild chimpanzees from the Taï forest

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Discrimination of extant Pan species and subspecies using the enamel-dentine junction morphology of lower molars

scientific article

Dispersed male networks in western gorillas

scientific article published in March 2004

Diversity of STLV-1 strains in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) from Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on 7 March 2010

Diversity of parvovirus 4-like viruses in humans, chimpanzees, and monkeys in hunter-prey relationships

scientific article

Do chimpanzees anticipate an object's weight? A field experiment on the kinematics of hammer-lifting movements in the nut-cracking Taï chimpanzees

scientific article published in December 2017

Effective sociodemographic population assessment of elusive species in ecology and conservation management

scientific article

Environmental factors influencing the seasonality of estrus in chimpanzees

scientific article published on 7 September 2005

Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Estimating chimpanzee population size with nest counts: validating methods in Taï National Park

scientific article published on June 2009

Evaluation of non-invasive biological samples to monitor Staphylococcus aureus colonization in great apes and lemurs

scientific article

Evidence for Cultural Differences between Neighboring Chimpanzee Communities ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: May 2012)

Evolution in a broader perspective

scientific article published in Nature

Excavation of a chimpanzee stone tool site in the African rainforest

scientific article published in May 2002

Extraction of honey from underground bee nests by central African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in Loango National Park, Gabon: Techniques and individual differences

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Fatal monkeypox in wild-living sooty mangabey, Côte d'Ivoire, 2012

scientific article

Female sexual swelling size, timing of ovulation, and male behavior in wild West African chimpanzees

scientific article

Fission‐Fusion Dynamics

article

Food mechanical properties and isotopic signatures in forest versus savannah dwelling eastern chimpanzees

Forest chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) remember the location of numerous fruit trees

scientific article published on 31 May 2009

Frequent foamy virus infection in free-living chimpanzees of the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire).

scientific article published in February 2009

Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution

scientific article (publication date: 25 September 2012)

Genetic and 'cultural' similarity in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 18 August 2010

Genome Sequence of a Central Chimpanzee-Associated Polyomavirus Related to BK and JC Polyomaviruses, Pan troglodytes troglodytes Polyomavirus 1.

scientific article

Group dominance increases territory size and reduces neighbour pressure in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Habituation of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of the South Group at Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire: empirical measure of progress

scientific article

High prevalence, coinfection rate, and genetic diversity of retroviruses in wild red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) in Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire

scientific article

High variety of different simian T-cell leukemia virus type 1 strains in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on April 2004

Home-range characteristics and the influence of seasonality on female reproduction in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

scientific article published in January 2008

How feeding competition determines female chimpanzee gregariousness and ranging in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published on November 8, 2010

Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

Hunting, Law Enforcement, and African Primate Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published on March 6, 2012

Identification of energy consumption and nutritional stress by isotopic and elemental analysis of urine in bonobos (Pan paniscus).

scientific article published in January 2012

Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Intergroup conflicts among chimpanzees in Taï National Park: lethal violence and the female perspective

scientific article

Interspecies transmission of simian foamy virus in a natural predator-prey system

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

scientific article

Lessons learned while protecting wild chimpanzees in West Africa

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

scientific article

Locating chimpanzee nests and identifying fruiting trees with an unmanned aerial vehicle

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Locomotor behavior and long bone morphology in individual free-ranging chimpanzees

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

Long-term inference of population size and habitat use in a socially dynamic population of wild western lowland gorillas

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Long-term reciprocation of grooming in wild West African chimpanzees

scientific article published in February 2009

Lymphocryptovirus phylogeny and the origins of Epstein-Barr virus

scientific article published on 18 November 2009

Malaria parasite detection increases during pregnancy in wild chimpanzees

scientific article

Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Taï forest

scientific article published in May 2006

Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates

scientific article

Males with a mother living in their group have higher paternity success in bonobos but not chimpanzees

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Manipulating decay time for efficient large-mammal density estimation: gorillas and dung height

scientific article

Maternal influence on the development of nut-cracking skills in the chimpanzees of the Taï forest, Côte d'Ivoire (Pan troglodytes verus)

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Measuring urinary testosterone levels of the great apes--problems with enzymatic hydrolysis using Helix pomatia juice

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Mental map in wild chimpanzees: An analysis of hammer transports for nut cracking

article

Metacarpal trabecular architecture variation in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for locomotion and tool-use?

scientific article

Molecular diversity of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti and its coevolution with chimpanzees

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees

scientific article

Molecular epidemiology of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wild-living gorillas

scientific article

Morphological variation in adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article

Mortality and the magnitude of the "wild effect" in chimpanzee tooth emergence

scientific article

Mother-offspring transmission and age-dependent accumulation of simian foamy virus in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups

scientific article

Multiple Cross-Species Transmission Events of Human Adenoviruses (HAdV) during Hominine Evolution

scientific article

New Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in deceased wild chimpanzees

scientific article

Niche differentiation and dietary seasonality among sympatric gorillas and chimpanzees in Loango National Park (Gabon) revealed by stable isotope analysis

scientific article published on 24 December 2013

No evidence for transmission of SIVwrc from western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) to wild West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) despite high exposure through hunting

scientific article

Nocturnal activity in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for flexible sleeping patterns and insights into human evolution

scientific article published in July 2018

Non-invasive body temperature measurement of wild chimpanzees using fecal temperature decline

scientific article published in April 2009

Non-invasive genetic monitoring of wild central chimpanzees

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2011)

Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article published in November 2004

Noninvasive Monitoring of Respiratory Viruses in Wild Chimpanzees ⬇️

scientific article published on September 24, 2010

Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolate from a wild chimpanzee

scientific article published on June 2013

Novel adenoviruses in wild primates: a high level of genetic diversity and evidence of zoonotic transmissions

scientific article

Novel cytomegaloviruses in free-ranging and captive great apes: phylogenetic evidence for bidirectional horizontal transmission

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Novel polyomaviruses of nonhuman primates: genetic and serological predictors for the existence of multiple unknown polyomaviruses within the human population

scientific article

Novel simian homologues of Epstein-Barr virus

scientific article published on October 2003

Origin of the HIV-1 group O epidemic in western lowland gorillas

scientific article

Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes.

scientific article

Partial molecular characterization of two simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) from African colobids: SIVwrc from Western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius) and SIVolc from olive colobus (Procolobus verus).

scientific article

Passive acoustic monitoring reveals group ranging and territory use: a case study of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article

Paternity and social rank in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from the Budongo Forest, Uganda

scientific article published on July 2010

Patterns of paternity and group fission in wild multimale mountain gorilla groups

scientific article published on March 2008

Percussive tool use by Taï Western chimpanzees and Fazenda Boa Vista bearded capuchin monkeys: a comparison

scientific article

Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest

scientific article

Phenotypic correlates of male reproductive success in western gorillas ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2012

Predicting range shifts of African apes under global change scenarios

scientific article published in 2021

Primate archaeology reveals cultural transmission in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

scientific article

Quantitative estimates of glacial refugia for chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) since the Last Interglacial (120,000 BP)

scientific article

Range‐wide indicators of African great ape density distribution

scientific article published in 2021

Receiving Post-Conflict Affiliation from the Enemy's Friend Reconciles Former Opponents ⬇️

scientific article published on November 15, 2010

Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes

article

SIVcpz in wild chimpanzees

scientific article

Sex Differences in Age-Related Decline of Urinary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3 Levels in Adult Bonobos and Chimpanzees

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Sex-specific association patterns in bonobos and chimpanzees reflect species differences in cooperation

scientific article

Sexual Differences in Chimpanzee Sociality

scientific article

Sexual swellings in wild white-handed gibbon females (Hylobates lar) indicate the probability of ovulation

scientific article

Social and ecological correlates of space use patterns in Bwindi mountain gorillas

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Sociality of the dispersing sex: the nature of social bonds in West African female chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

article

Space partitioning in wild, non-territorial mountain gorillas: the impact of food and neighbours

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Spatial cohesion of adult male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

scientific article

Spatio-temporal complexity of chimpanzee food: How cognitive adaptations can counteract the ephemeral nature of ripe fruit

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Stable isotope evidence of meat eating and hunting specialization in adult male chimpanzees

scientific article published on 25 March 2013

Stable nitrogen isotope analysis of dentine serial sections elucidate sex differences in weaning patterns of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Studying extant species to model our past

scientific article

Systematic mapping of developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Taking development and ecology seriously when comparing cognition: reply to Tomasello and Call (2008).

scientific article

Taï chimpanzees anticipate revisiting high-valued fruit trees from further distances

scientific article

Taï chimpanzees use botanical skills to discover fruit: what we can learn from their mistakes ⬇️

scientific article published on April 11, 2013

Technical intelligence and culture: Nut cracking in humans and chimpanzees

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

The Critically Endangered western chimpanzee declines by 80.

scientific article

The Effects of Leopard Predation On Grouping Patterns in Forest Chimpanzees

scientific article (publication date: 1991)

The Spread of Fecally Transmitted Parasites in Socially-Structured Populations ⬇️

scientific article published on June 30, 2011

The ecology of primate retroviruses - an assessment of 12 years of retroviral studies in the Taï national park area, Côte d׳Ivoire

scientific article

The effectiveness of using carbonate isotope measurements of body tissues to infer diet in human evolution: Evidence from wild western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus).

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

The extent of cultural variation between adjacent chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) communities; a microecological approach

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids

scientific article

The impact of endogenous content, replicates and pooling on genome capture from faecal samples

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

The origin of malignant malaria

scientific article

The price of play: self-organized infant mortality cycles in chimpanzees

scientific article

The question of culture

scientific article published in Nature

To fission or to fusion: effects of community size on wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) social organisation

scientific article published in 2004

Tradition over trend: Neighboring chimpanzee communities maintain differences in cultural behavior despite frequent immigration of adult females

scientific article

Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

scientific article published in 2024

Using photogrammetry and color scoring to assess sexual dimorphism in wild western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla).

scientific article

Vocal, gestural and locomotor responses of wild chimpanzees to familiar and unfamiliar intruders: a playback study

article

What makes us human (Homo sapiens)? The challenge of cognitive cross-species comparison

scientific article published on August 2007

When to choose which tool: multidimensional and conditional selection of nut-cracking hammers in wild chimpanzees

article by Giulia Sirianni et al published February 2015 in Animal Behaviour

Why do chimpanzees die in the forest? The challenges of understanding and controlling for wild ape health

scientific article

Wild chimpanzee dentition and its implications for assessing life history in immature hominin fossils

scientific article (publication date: 20 July 2004)

Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Wild chimpanzees exchange meat for sex on a long-term basis

scientific article

Wild chimpanzees infected with 5 Plasmodium species

scientific article

Wild chimpanzees plan their breakfast time, type, and location

scientific article

Within arm's reach: Measuring forearm length to assess growth patterns in captive bonobos and chimpanzees

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased dispersal and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan paniscus).

scientific article published in April 2006

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