Experimental evidence for yawn contagion in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79160-x
Abstract: Yawning is highly contagious, yet both its proximate mechanism(s) and its ultimate causation remain poorly understood. Scholars have suggested a link between contagious yawning (CY) and sociality due to its appearance in mostly social species.… read more here.
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