PhD Patterns of presence of great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos) and humans. For a comparative primatography in anthropology

Dalila Bovet co-supervises the PhD thesis of Marie Calmon with Albert Piette (laboratory LESC, UPN) entitled: “Patterns of presence of great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos) and humans. For a comparative primatography in anthropology”. Through detailed observations and descriptions of  humans’, chimpanzee’s and bonobo’s attentional behaviour during daily activities, we highlight similarities and differences in these species. These qualitative observations are complemented by quantitative measurements of frequencies and duration of gazes and glances as cues of attentional  level. The results of this study on patterns of presence are interpreted in light of the human selfdomestication hypothesis.