Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidence that olfaction plays a greater role in primate social life than previously assumed, research on the sense of smell in non-human apes is scarce. Chimpanzees sniff the ground and vegetation on boundary patrols, but the function of this behaviour is unclear. Since chimpanzees are highly territorial and can kill individuals that do not belong to their own community, sniffing might function to gather information about conspecifics, particularly concerning group membership and kinship. To investigate whether chimpanzees recognize group members and kin via olfactory cues, we conducted behavioural bioassays on two groups of chimpanzees at Leipzig Zo...
Many species produce odor cues that enable them to be identified individually, as well as providing ...
Olfaction is important across the animal kingdom for transferring information on e.g. 18 species, se...
Lemurs are the most olfactory-oriented of primates, yet there is still only a basic level of underst...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidence...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidence...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidenc...
We conducted a pilot study to test which odour source chimpanzees respond most strongly to by presen...
The importance of smell in humans is well established but we know little about it in regard to our c...
Primates have traditionally been considered having a poor sense of smell compared to other orders of...
Although it is difficult for observers to determine how non-human primates use olfaction in a natura...
Mammals communicate socially through visual, auditory and chemical signals. The chemical sense is th...
Mammals communicate socially through visual, auditory and chemical signals. The chemical sense is th...
Individual recognition can be facilitated by creating representations of familiar individuals, where...
The current study demonstrates, for the first time, the occurrence of olfactory individual recogniti...
Many species produce odor cues that enable them to be identified individually, as well as providing ...
Many species produce odor cues that enable them to be identified individually, as well as providing ...
Olfaction is important across the animal kingdom for transferring information on e.g. 18 species, se...
Lemurs are the most olfactory-oriented of primates, yet there is still only a basic level of underst...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidence...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidence...
Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now evidenc...
We conducted a pilot study to test which odour source chimpanzees respond most strongly to by presen...
The importance of smell in humans is well established but we know little about it in regard to our c...
Primates have traditionally been considered having a poor sense of smell compared to other orders of...
Although it is difficult for observers to determine how non-human primates use olfaction in a natura...
Mammals communicate socially through visual, auditory and chemical signals. The chemical sense is th...
Mammals communicate socially through visual, auditory and chemical signals. The chemical sense is th...
Individual recognition can be facilitated by creating representations of familiar individuals, where...
The current study demonstrates, for the first time, the occurrence of olfactory individual recogniti...
Many species produce odor cues that enable them to be identified individually, as well as providing ...
Many species produce odor cues that enable them to be identified individually, as well as providing ...
Olfaction is important across the animal kingdom for transferring information on e.g. 18 species, se...
Lemurs are the most olfactory-oriented of primates, yet there is still only a basic level of underst...