Lydia V. Luncz

TL;DR: Cell-transplantation experiments indicate that the regulation of embryonic cell adhesion by PrP is cell-autonomous, and evolutionarily conserved roles of PrP in cell communication are uncovered, which ultimately impinge on the stability of adherens cell junctions during embryonic development.

TL;DR: This study compares for the first time hammer selection for nut cracking across three neighboring chimpanzee communities that live in the same forest habitat, which reduces the likelihood of ecological variation and highlights the subtleties of cultural differences in wild chimpanzees.

TL;DR: The data support a cultural transmission process in adult chimpanzees, which leads to persisting cultural behavior of one community over time, and that the high level of similarity in behavior is actively adopted by group members possibly even when originally expressing the behavior in another form.

TL;DR: It is shown that wild bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing recurrent, conchoidally fractured, sharp-edged flakes and cores that have the characteristics and morphology of intentionally produced hominin tools.

TL;DR: This study applies archaeological methods to further investigate cultural transmission processes in percussive tool use among neighbouring chimpanzee communities in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa and suggests that immigrants abandoned their previous tool preference and adopted the pattern of their new community, despite previous personal proficiency of the same foraging task.