Comment définir l’humain à partir de sa diversité ? Questions épistémologiques et enjeux philosophiques by Mathilde Lequin

“…Since 1995, 15 new species have been described in the hominin clade (including all forms closer to extant humans than to extant chimpanzees and bonobos). Through an approach combining epistemology and the philosophy of science, this note shows that the diversity of hominins is not only a matter of quantification, but also a biological and anthropological issue. …”
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Imitation and the development of infant learning, memory, and categorisation by Emily JH Jones, Jane S Herbert

“…The ability to copy the actions of others is present from birth in both infant humans and chimpanzees and provides a method for the social transmission of knowledge. …”
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In Vitro Systems for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Garrick K. Wilson, Zania Stamataki

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a restricted tropism to human and chimpanzees; thus investigations of HCV biology have been hindered for many years due to a lack of small animal models. …”
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Serial visual reversal learning in captive black-handed spider monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi by Jules Dorschner, Laura Teresa Hernandez Salazar, Matthias Laska

“…The spider monkeys outperformed most other primate and nonprimate mammal species tested so far on this type of cognitive task, including chimpanzees, with regard to their learning speed in both the initial learning task and in the first reversal task, suggesting a high degree of behavioral flexibility and inhibitory control. …”
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Influence of food availability on the diet and activity budget of two western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) groups of differing size in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park,... by Terence Fuh Neba, Giuseppe Donati, Angelique Todd, Shelly Masi

“…Such flexibility may better allow WLG groups to track ripe fruits when available but, unlike sympatric chimpanzees, switch to more herbivorous diets when necessary, adjusting activity budgets accordingly ; WLGs thus may be considered more resilient faced with environmental change such as forest degradation.…”
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Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind by Aurore San‑Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, Shelly Masi, Sébastien Bouret, Jean Daunizeau

“…We first validated our model in human subjects and then tested 6 species of captive non-human primates (3 species of great apes: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and 3 species of old-world monkeys: lion-tailed macaques, rhesus macaques and collared mangabeys) in an adaptation of the task used in the human study. …”
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Détermination du statut du Chimpanzé, Pan troglodytes verus, dans une zone non protégée de savane boisée à Bagnomba, Sénégal : Implication pour sa conservation by Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Landing Badji, Stacy Marie Lindshield, Cheikh Tidiane Bâ, Jill Pruetz

“…Il s’agit entre autres de USFWS, African Wildlife Foundation, la direction des Eaux et Forêts et Chasse et de la Conservation des Sols, la Direction des Parcs Nationaux, les populations locales, les agents du projet Fongoli Savana Chimpanzees et l’Institut Jane Goodall Espagne basé au Sénégal.…”
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