In 2013, Andrew MacIntosh of CICASP was one of two awardees of the Takashima Prize for outstanding research. The Takashima Prize is awarded annually to a (young) member of the Primate Society of Japan in conjunction with Kyouei Steel, LTD. MacIntosh was awarded the prize for his...
In a new paper, CICASP's Andrew MacIntosh explains why we should all care about Japanese macaque worms, and what they have to tell us about the ecology of wild primates.
A new open access article published in the journal Animal Behaviour , has demonstrated that playback of affiliative calls can initiate a temporary culture of high affiliation in marmosets.
A new study in Scientific Reports has shown that chimpanzees outperform humans in their ability to utilize game theory– a form of mathematics that deals with determining optimal strategies when faced with competitive situations.
A new study published in the American Journal of Primatology has shown that hormonal responses in Japanese macaques can be related to their adaptation to stressful conditions.
A recent study of wild siamangs in Way Canguk (Sumatra, Indonesia), by CICASP's Dr. Luca Morino, shows that males in multimale groups mate less frequently and for shorter average durations than males in one-male groups. This is thought to be a way to minimize the risk of...
A new study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series has shown that foraging sequences of the Adelie penguin - a marine top predator and indicator species in Antarctic ecosystems - change during stressful conditions.
A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has important implications for how humans develop space-based representations of “orders” through a simple but well-controlled experiment on our evolutionary closest relatives, chimpanzees.
A new study led by CICASP's Dr. Ikuma Adachi shows that the use of metaphorical concepts is not unique to humans.The article was published in the open access journal eLife. Chimpanzees use metaphors The ability to connect abstract concepts to something physical helps us to...
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has revealed that our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, also employ right-hemispheric over left-hemispheric neural correlate to process faces. For humans, faces are one of the most critical social stimuli, carrying important...