Primate Dataset

This dataset contains raw and corrected rates of primate behavioural innovation, tool use, extractive foraging, social learning and research effort.

Dataset download
Data_ReaderHagerLalandPhilTrans2011.csv
(This file also includes the Reader & Laland 2002 dataset)

ReadMe file to accompany dataset
ReadMe_ReaderHagerLalandPhilTrans2011.txt

Please cite Reader et al (2011) in any publication using this data
The evolution of primate general and cultural intelligence.
Reader SM, Hager Y & Laland KN. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2011 366:1017-1027
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Electronic Supplementary Material: [pdf]

These data are also archived online in the Dryad repository
Please direct any questions to Dr Simon Reader