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Nonhuman Primates

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Comparative developmental psychology

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Study of the physical, cognitive, and behavioral development of nonhuman primates, particularly in reference to human cognition and development. Emphasis is placed on understanding similarities and differences between all primate species to better understand the evolutionary origins of these species and their abilities.

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The study of nonhuman primates (NHP) can include a wide variety of species that vary greatly in their similarity to human development and psychology. Primates include (in order of ascending genetic relation to humans): New World Monkeys, such as capuchin and howler monkeys, Old World Monkeys, such as macaques and baboons, and the Great Apes (GA), orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans. This entry will focus on Great Apes as they are genetically closest to humans and used most frequently for understanding the evolutionary origins of human physical and psychological development. Nonhuman...

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  1. Pennsylvania State University, Dunmore, PA, USA

    P. Douglas Sellers II

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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  3. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. University of South Carolina - Beaufort, Bluffton, SC, USA

    Carey Fitzgerald

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Sellers, P.D. (2016). Nonhuman Primates. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2393-1

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