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Prof Klaus Zuberbuehler is a Professor at the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews. His research focuses on the evolution of intelligence, origins of language, and non-human primate communication and behavior. He has conducted extensive field and laboratory studies on primates, particularly chimpanzees and Campbell's monkeys, exploring topics such as alarm calls, social learning, tool use, and vocal communication systems.
His work spans interdisciplinary areas including cognitive evolution, comparative psychology, and behavioral ecology. Key contributions include studies on how non-human primates inform group members of danger, cultural knowledge transfer in tool use, and the structure of vocalizations in wild populations.
Publications highlight trends in understanding primate social behavior, communication complexity, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying these phenomena. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. No advisees or grants are listed, though his research involves collaborative fieldwork and experimental approaches.
Prof Zuberbuehler's research integrates both field observations and controlled experiments, contributing to broader debates on the evolutionary roots of human language and intelligence.
