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Cross-Generational Continuity of Hand-Use Preferences in Marmosets

Cross-Generational Continuity of Hand-Use Preferences in Marmosets CROSS-GENERATIONAL CONTINUITY OF HAND-USE PREFERENCES IN MARMOSETS by MIKI MATOBA, NOBUO MASATAKA1) and YOSHIKUNI TANIOKA (Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan and Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanawaga 213, Japan) (Acc. 20-II-1991) Introduction In nonhuman primates, several researchers have casually noted similarities between mothers and their offspring in some behaviour traits (e.g. ALTMANN, 1980; GOODALL, 1986). However, so far the quantitative data necessary to examine this hypothesis in detail have not been available. Only BERMAN (1990) presents suggestive evidence for the intergenerational transmission of one aspect of maternal style, rejection rates, in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). In this paper, we describe that individual differences in a behavioural trait, hand-use preferences can be passed from one generation to the next along matrilineal relations in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), and that cross-generational continuity of the trait is preserved. Concerning handedness in nonhuman animals, the general consensus is that they do not show a hand preference in the human sense (cf. WARREN, 1980 for review). It has generally been assumed that while functional lateralization may exist in the nonhuman animals, humans are the only species to exhibit a unilateral hand http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Cross-Generational Continuity of Hand-Use Preferences in Marmosets

Masataka, Nobuo; Tanioka, Yoshikuni; Matoba, Miki
Behaviour , Volume 117 (3-4): 281 – Jan 1, 1991
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© 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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CROSS-GENERATIONAL CONTINUITY OF HAND-USE PREFERENCES IN MARMOSETS by MIKI MATOBA, NOBUO MASATAKA1) and YOSHIKUNI TANIOKA (Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan and Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanawaga 213, Japan) (Acc. 20-II-1991) Introduction In nonhuman primates, several researchers have casually noted similarities between mothers and their offspring in some behaviour traits (e.g. ALTMANN, 1980; GOODALL, 1986). However, so far the quantitative data necessary to examine this hypothesis in detail have not been available. Only BERMAN (1990) presents suggestive evidence for the intergenerational transmission of one aspect of maternal style, rejection rates, in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). In this paper, we describe that individual differences in a behavioural trait, hand-use preferences can be passed from one generation to the next along matrilineal relations in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), and that cross-generational continuity of the trait is preserved. Concerning handedness in nonhuman animals, the general consensus is that they do not show a hand preference in the human sense (cf. WARREN, 1980 for review). It has generally been assumed that while functional lateralization may exist in the nonhuman animals, humans are the only species to exhibit a unilateral hand

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Published: Jan 1, 1991

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