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Behavioral Development: Timing is Everything

Brosnan, Sarah F.
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Paedomorphism can be a mechanism for differentiation between species. Here the authors demonstrate that bonobos take longer to reach adult levels of two behaviors than do chimpanzees, providing an empirical demonstration of this hypothesis among our closest relatives.

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<p>This article was originally published in the journal <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09609822" title="Current Biology"><em>Current Biology</em></a>. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier.</p> <p>The post-peer-reviewed version is available here with the permission of the author.</p>
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2010-01-01
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paedomorphism, species differentiation, evolutionary biology, heterochrony, morphology, behavior changes
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Brosnan, S.F. (2010). Behavioral Development: Timing is everything. <em>Current Biology, 20</em>(3): R98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.009
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