Judith M Burkart
Biographic Data
| ID | 627867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith M Burkart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith M |
| FAMILY NAME | Burkart |
| SIGNATURE | BURKART J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6229-525X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Spatial and Sociosexual Behavior During Pair Formation in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Various animal species form pair bonds, typically defined as affective and specific relationships between two adult individuals. While pair bonding often leads to notable physiological and behavioral changes, the specific mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of these bonds require further in-depth investigation. In this study, we explored spatial and sociosexual behavior in eight mixed-sex dyads of common marmosets ( Callithrix jac…
Hair Steroid Signatures of Cooperative Breeding in Male and Female Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Cooperative Breeding as a Likely Early Catalyst of Human Evolution
Unlike any other great ape, humans give birth to large, secondarily altricial babies, show precocial social development, have bigger brains that require a long maturation period, and engage in cooperative breeding (CB). These traits, which characterize the human adaptive complex, are intricately linked and must have mutually reinforced each other over evolutionary time. Here, we use recent evidence from paleontology, developmental psychology, and…
Human Amygdala Volumetric Patterns Convergently Evolved in Cooperatively Breeding and Domesticated Species
The amygdala is a hub in brain networks that supports social life and fear processing. Compared with other apes, humans have a relatively larger lateral nucleus of the amygdala, which is consistent with both the self-domestication and the cooperative breeding hypotheses of human evolution. Here, we take a comparative approach to the evolutionary origin of the relatively larger lateral amygdala nucleus in humans. We carry out phylogenetic analysis…
A comparative study of litter size and sex composition in a large dataset of callitrichine monkeys
In many birds and mammals, the size and sex composition of litters can have important downstream effects for individual offspring. Primates are model organisms for questions of cooperation and conflict, but the factors shaping interactions among same‐age siblings have been less‐studied in primates because most species bear single young. However, callitrichines (marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins) frequently bear litters of two or more, thereb…
Evolutionary Origins of Morality
The aim of this contribution is to explore the origins of moral behavior and its underlying moral preferences and intuitions from an evolutionary perspective. Such a perspective encompasses both the ultimate, adaptive function of morality in our own species, as well as the phylogenetic distribution of morality and its key elements across primates. First, with regard to the ultimate function, we argue that human moral preferences are best construe…
Evidence for Dialects in Three Captive Populations of Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Chimpanzees' Bystander Reactions to Infanticide
An evaluation of the geographic method for recognizing innovations in nature, using zoo orangutans
Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution
Despite sharing a recent common ancestor, humans are surprisingly different from other great apes. The most obvious discontinuities are related to our cognitive abilities, including language, but we also have a markedly different, cooperative breeding system. Among many nonhuman primates and mammals in general, cooperative breeding is accompanied by psychological changes leading to greater prosociality, which directly enhances performance in soci…
Primate behavior and human universals
A new mark test for mirror self-recognition in non-human primates
Evolutionary Origins of Morality
The aim of this contribution is to explore the origins of moral behavior and its underlying moral preferences and intuitions from an evolutionary perspective. Such a perspective encompasses both the ultimate, adaptive function of morality in our own species, as well as the phylogenetic distribution of morality and its key elements across primates. First, with regard to the ultimate function, we argue that human moral preferences are best construe…
Cooperative Breeding as a Likely Early Catalyst of Human Evolution
Unlike any other great ape, humans give birth to large, secondarily altricial babies, show precocial social development, have bigger brains that require a long maturation period, and engage in cooperative breeding (CB). These traits, which characterize the human adaptive complex, are intricately linked and must have mutually reinforced each other over evolutionary time. Here, we use recent evidence from paleontology, developmental psychology, and…
Human Amygdala Volumetric Patterns Convergently Evolved in Cooperatively Breeding and Domesticated Species
The amygdala is a hub in brain networks that supports social life and fear processing. Compared with other apes, humans have a relatively larger lateral nucleus of the amygdala, which is consistent with both the self-domestication and the cooperative breeding hypotheses of human evolution. Here, we take a comparative approach to the evolutionary origin of the relatively larger lateral amygdala nucleus in humans. We carry out phylogenetic analysis…
Chimpanzees' Bystander Reactions to Infanticide
A new mark test for mirror self-recognition in non-human primates
Primate behavior and human universals
Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution
Despite sharing a recent common ancestor, humans are surprisingly different from other great apes. The most obvious discontinuities are related to our cognitive abilities, including language, but we also have a markedly different, cooperative breeding system. Among many nonhuman primates and mammals in general, cooperative breeding is accompanied by psychological changes leading to greater prosociality, which directly enhances performance in soci…
An evaluation of the geographic method for recognizing innovations in nature, using zoo orangutans
Chimpanzees' Bystander Reactions to Infanticide
Evidence for Dialects in Three Captive Populations of Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Evolutionary Origins of Morality
The aim of this contribution is to explore the origins of moral behavior and its underlying moral preferences and intuitions from an evolutionary perspective. Such a perspective encompasses both the ultimate, adaptive function of morality in our own species, as well as the phylogenetic distribution of morality and its key elements across primates. First, with regard to the ultimate function, we argue that human moral preferences are best construe…
A comparative study of litter size and sex composition in a large dataset of callitrichine monkeys
In many birds and mammals, the size and sex composition of litters can have important downstream effects for individual offspring. Primates are model organisms for questions of cooperation and conflict, but the factors shaping interactions among same‐age siblings have been less‐studied in primates because most species bear single young. However, callitrichines (marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins) frequently bear litters of two or more, thereb…
Human Amygdala Volumetric Patterns Convergently Evolved in Cooperatively Breeding and Domesticated Species
The amygdala is a hub in brain networks that supports social life and fear processing. Compared with other apes, humans have a relatively larger lateral nucleus of the amygdala, which is consistent with both the self-domestication and the cooperative breeding hypotheses of human evolution. Here, we take a comparative approach to the evolutionary origin of the relatively larger lateral amygdala nucleus in humans. We carry out phylogenetic analysis…
Cooperative Breeding as a Likely Early Catalyst of Human Evolution
Unlike any other great ape, humans give birth to large, secondarily altricial babies, show precocial social development, have bigger brains that require a long maturation period, and engage in cooperative breeding (CB). These traits, which characterize the human adaptive complex, are intricately linked and must have mutually reinforced each other over evolutionary time. Here, we use recent evidence from paleontology, developmental psychology, and…
Spatial and Sociosexual Behavior During Pair Formation in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Various animal species form pair bonds, typically defined as affective and specific relationships between two adult individuals. While pair bonding often leads to notable physiological and behavioral changes, the specific mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of these bonds require further in-depth investigation. In this study, we explored spatial and sociosexual behavior in eight mixed-sex dyads of common marmosets ( Callithrix jac…
Hair Steroid Signatures of Cooperative Breeding in Male and Female Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Primate Behavior and Ecology (9 works) · Biology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Animal ecology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (3 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Demography (3 works)