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Different yawns, different functions? Testing social hypotheses on spontaneous yawning in Theropithecus gelada

Here, we tested hypotheses about the potential functions of yawning based on its intensity and social contexts. Due to their spectrum intensity of yawns (covered teeth/YW1; uncovered teeth/YW2; uncovered gums/YW3), geladas are a good model species for this purpose. We suggest that yawns of different...

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Autores principales: Leone, Alessia, Ferrari, Pier Francesco, Palagi, Elisabetta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24500137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep04010