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81 apes. 150 studies. 18 years. The largest open-access dataset of great ape cognition just dropped — and what it can tell us about the origins of human intelligence is just getting started. #Primatology #ComparativePsychology #OpenScience https://www.primatology.net/p/what-81-apes-can-tell-us-about-the

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

I really learnt a lot from this recent review paper about collaboration in other animals

How animals collaborate: Underlying proximate mechanisms by Shona Duguid and Alicia Melis in WIREs Cognitive Science

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcs.1529

#apes #collaboration #comparativepsychology #cooperation #socialcognition #sharedintentionality

I really learnt a lot from this recent review paper about collaboration in other animals

How animals collaborate: Underlying proximate mechanisms by Shona Duguid and Alicia Melis in WIREs Cognitive Science

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcs.1529

#apes #collaboration #comparativepsychology #cooperation #socialcognition #sharedintentionality

I really learnt a lot from this recent review paper about collaboration in other animals

How animals collaborate: Underlying proximate mechanisms by Shona Duguid and Alicia Melis in WIREs Cognitive Science

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcs.1529

#apes #collaboration #comparativepsychology #cooperation #socialcognition #sharedintentionality

I really learnt a lot from this recent review paper about collaboration in other animals

How animals collaborate: Underlying proximate mechanisms by Shona Duguid and Alicia Melis in WIREs Cognitive Science

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcs.1529

#apes #collaboration #comparativepsychology #cooperation #socialcognition #sharedintentionality