H D Steklis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H D Steklis |
| GIVEN NAMES | H D |
| FAMILY NAME | Steklis |
| SIGNATURE | STEKLIS H D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3394-1627 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 132 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Human-animal interactions from an evolutionary perspective
The field of human-animal interactions (HAI) is focused primarily on human-companion animal relationships, especially the impact of such relationships on human health. Here, we demonstrate how a wider, integrative approach, consisting of an evolutionary framework, provides new insights into the varieties of HAIs and their emergence and significance during human evolution. Along with other HAI researchers, we show that those HAIs which develop int…
Personality and subjective well‐being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups
The purpose of this study was to determine the personality structure of eight male gorillas (five silverbacks and three blackbacks) housed at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas and to determine if personality predicts behavior and subjective well-being in male gorillas living in bachelor groups. We used the Hominoid Personality Questionnaire which contains 54 descriptive adjectives with representative items from the human five-factor mode…
Primate Cognition Redux
Age-related patterns of reproductive success among female mountain gorillas
A key goal of life history theory is to explain the effects of age and parity on the reproductive success of iteroparous organisms. Age-related patterns may be influenced by changes in maternal experience or physical condition, and they may reflect maternal investment trade-offs between current versus future reproduction. This article examines the influences of age and parity upon the interbirth intervals (IBI), offspring survival, and birth rate…
Brain structure variation in great apes, with attention to the mountain gorilla ( Gorilla beringei beringei )
This report presents data regarding the brain structure of mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei ) in comparison with other great apes. Magnetic resonance (MR) images of three mountain gorilla brains were obtained with a 3T scanner, and the volume of major neuroanatomical structures (neocortical gray matter, hippocampus, thalamus, striatum, and cerebellum) was measured. These data were included with our existing database that includes 23 …
Arthur S. Kling
marked the passing of Arthur S
Culture, biology, and human behavior
Menstrual-cycle phase and sexual behavior in semi-free-ranging stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Female Primate Sexual Behavior and Conception
Hand preference in a captive island group of chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
Morphological cerebral asymmetries in chimpanzee brains, similar to those found in humans, in whom they are associated with speech and handedness, suggest the possibility of functional lateralization in the chimpanzee. This possibility was investigated by examining hand preferences in an island group of five chimpanzees on a series of unimanual and bimanual tasks that are diagnostic of human hand and cerebral dominance. Each subject was tested in…
Biochemical and hormonal correlates of dominance and social behavior in all‐male groups of squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri sciureus )
This study examined the relationship between dominance rank and several physiological and behavioral measures in stable, captive, all‐male squirrel monkey groups. Four groups, each containing three males, were observed for 12 weeks during the breeding season. Relative dominance ranking among males in each group was based on the direction of agonistic behaviors displayed. For each subject, whole blood serotonin (WBS), plasma testosterone (T), and …
Primate communication, comparative neurology, and the origin of language re-examined
New evidence for the craniocervical killing bite in primates
The craniocervical killing bite
Language, Communication, Chimpanzees [and Comments and Reply]
In the last ten years, entirely new experiments have been undertaken in the field of animal communication. The works of Allen and Beatrice Gardner with the chimpanzee Washoe and David and Ann Premack with Sarah should have held the attention of linguists and semiologists more than they have up to now. It is from this standpoint that they are examined here
On Gender Differences and Language
On Split-Brain Research and the Culture-and-Cognition Paradox
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
Age-related patterns of reproductive success among female mountain gorillas
A key goal of life history theory is to explain the effects of age and parity on the reproductive success of iteroparous organisms. Age-related patterns may be influenced by changes in maternal experience or physical condition, and they may reflect maternal investment trade-offs between current versus future reproduction. This article examines the influences of age and parity upon the interbirth intervals (IBI), offspring survival, and birth rate…
Female Primate Sexual Behavior and Conception
Primate communication, comparative neurology, and the origin of language re-examined
Language, Communication, Chimpanzees [and Comments and Reply]
In the last ten years, entirely new experiments have been undertaken in the field of animal communication. The works of Allen and Beatrice Gardner with the chimpanzee Washoe and David and Ann Premack with Sarah should have held the attention of linguists and semiologists more than they have up to now. It is from this standpoint that they are examined here
Culture, biology, and human behavior
The craniocervical killing bite
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
Language, Communication, Chimpanzees [and Comments and Reply]
In the last ten years, entirely new experiments have been undertaken in the field of animal communication. The works of Allen and Beatrice Gardner with the chimpanzee Washoe and David and Ann Premack with Sarah should have held the attention of linguists and semiologists more than they have up to now. It is from this standpoint that they are examined here
On Gender Differences and Language
On Split-Brain Research and the Culture-and-Cognition Paradox
The craniocervical killing bite
New evidence for the craniocervical killing bite in primates
Primate communication, comparative neurology, and the origin of language re-examined
Hand preference in a captive island group of chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
Morphological cerebral asymmetries in chimpanzee brains, similar to those found in humans, in whom they are associated with speech and handedness, suggest the possibility of functional lateralization in the chimpanzee. This possibility was investigated by examining hand preferences in an island group of five chimpanzees on a series of unimanual and bimanual tasks that are diagnostic of human hand and cerebral dominance. Each subject was tested in…
Biochemical and hormonal correlates of dominance and social behavior in all‐male groups of squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri sciureus )
This study examined the relationship between dominance rank and several physiological and behavioral measures in stable, captive, all‐male squirrel monkey groups. Four groups, each containing three males, were observed for 12 weeks during the breeding season. Relative dominance ranking among males in each group was based on the direction of agonistic behaviors displayed. For each subject, whole blood serotonin (WBS), plasma testosterone (T), and …
Menstrual-cycle phase and sexual behavior in semi-free-ranging stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Female Primate Sexual Behavior and Conception
Culture, biology, and human behavior
Arthur S. Kling
marked the passing of Arthur S
Brain structure variation in great apes, with attention to the mountain gorilla ( Gorilla beringei beringei )
This report presents data regarding the brain structure of mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei ) in comparison with other great apes. Magnetic resonance (MR) images of three mountain gorilla brains were obtained with a 3T scanner, and the volume of major neuroanatomical structures (neocortical gray matter, hippocampus, thalamus, striatum, and cerebellum) was measured. These data were included with our existing database that includes 23 …
Primate Cognition Redux
Age-related patterns of reproductive success among female mountain gorillas
A key goal of life history theory is to explain the effects of age and parity on the reproductive success of iteroparous organisms. Age-related patterns may be influenced by changes in maternal experience or physical condition, and they may reflect maternal investment trade-offs between current versus future reproduction. This article examines the influences of age and parity upon the interbirth intervals (IBI), offspring survival, and birth rate…
Personality and subjective well‐being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups
The purpose of this study was to determine the personality structure of eight male gorillas (five silverbacks and three blackbacks) housed at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas and to determine if personality predicts behavior and subjective well-being in male gorillas living in bachelor groups. We used the Hominoid Personality Questionnaire which contains 54 descriptive adjectives with representative items from the human five-factor mode…
Human-animal interactions from an evolutionary perspective
The field of human-animal interactions (HAI) is focused primarily on human-companion animal relationships, especially the impact of such relationships on human health. Here, we demonstrate how a wider, integrative approach, consisting of an evolutionary framework, provides new insights into the varieties of HAIs and their emergence and significance during human evolution. Along with other HAI researchers, we show that those HAIs which develop int…
Psychology (13 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 works) · Biology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works) · Neuroscience (5 works) · Primate (5 works) · Zoology (5 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 works)