2026-04-21 マックス・プランク研究所（MPG）
Chimpanzees grooming.© MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
＜関連情報＞
- https://www.mpg.de/26395591/largest-open-dataset-of-great-ape-cognition-released
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07191-6
EVApeCognition：類人猿の認知に関する18年間のデータセット EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro,Sonja J. Ebel van Wijk,Carin Molenaar,Akzira Abuova,Lizbeth Mujica-Manrique,Sarah M. Leisterer-Peoples,Bret Beheim,Luke Maurits,Anna Albiach-Serrano,Matthias Allritz,Nazli Altınok,Federica Amici,Alice MI Auersperg,Filippo Aureli,Elisa Bandini,Jochen Barth,Leïla Benziad,Bettina E. Bläsing,Manuel Bohn,Marie Bourjade,Juliane Bräuer,Marie-Hélène Broihanne,Sarah F. Brosnan,Nereida Bueno-Guerra,… Daniel B. M. Haun
Scientific Data Published:09 April 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07191-6 Unedited version
Abstract
The study of great ape cognition offers insights into the evolutionary origins of human intelligence, but is hindered by small sample sizes and restricted access to data. To address this, we present the EVApeCognition Dataset, a publicly available resource comprising 262 experimental datasets from 150 scientific publications from the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center (2004–2021) in Leipzig, Germany. Eighty-one apes participated in 150 studies, with a majority (N = 78) participating in more than one study. Publication of the dataset aims to make these unique datasets accessible for future meta-analyses and correlational analyses, helping us better understand how our great ape relatives think, learn, and behave.
