Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds LM Aplin, DR Farine, J Morand-Ferron, A Cockburn, A Thornton, ... Nature 518 (7540), 538-541, 2015 | 729 | 2015 |
Teaching in wild meerkats A Thornton, K McAuliffe Science 313 (5784), 227-229, 2006 | 527 | 2006 |
Applications of machine learning in animal behaviour studies JJ Valletta, C Torney, M Kings, A Thornton, J Madden Animal Behaviour 124, 203-220, 2017 | 490 | 2017 |
What is cumulative cultural evolution? A Mesoudi, A Thornton Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1880), 20180712, 2018 | 350 | 2018 |
Lessons from animal teaching WJE Hoppitt, GR Brown, R Kendal, L Rendell, A Thornton, MM Webster, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 23 (9), 486-493, 2008 | 350 | 2008 |
The evolution of teaching A Thornton, NJ Raihani Animal behaviour 75 (6), 1823-1836, 2008 | 347 | 2008 |
Individual variation in cognitive performance: developmental and evolutionary perspectives A Thornton, D Lukas Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367 …, 2012 | 346 | 2012 |
Punishment and cooperation in nature NJ Raihani, A Thornton, R Bshary Trends in ecology & evolution 27 (5), 288-295, 2012 | 290 | 2012 |
Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies BJ Ashton, AR Ridley, EK Edwards, A Thornton Nature 554 (7692), 364-367, 2018 | 265 | 2018 |
The evolution of individual and cultural variation in social learning A Mesoudi, L Chang, SRX Dall, A Thornton Trends in ecology & evolution 31 (3), 215-225, 2016 | 262 | 2016 |
Innovative problem solving in wild meerkats A Thornton, J Samson Animal Behaviour 83 (6), 1459-1468, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
Measuring and understanding individual differences in cognition NJ Boogert, JR Madden, J Morand-Ferron, A Thornton Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018 | 241 | 2018 |
Social learning and the development of individual and group behaviour in mammal societies A Thornton, T Clutton-Brock Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011 | 241 | 2011 |
Animal cultures matter for conservation P Brakes, SRX Dall, LM Aplin, S Bearhop, EL Carroll, P Ciucci, V Fishlock, ... Science, 2019 | 211 | 2019 |
Neophobia is not only avoidance: improving neophobia tests by combining cognition and ecology AL Greggor, A Thornton, NS Clayton Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 6, 82-89, 2015 | 197 | 2015 |
Experimental evidence for social transmission of food acquisition techniques in wild meerkats A Thornton, A Malapert Animal Behaviour 78 (2), 255-264, 2009 | 169 | 2009 |
Cognitive requirements of cumulative culture: teaching is useful but not essential E Zwirner, A Thornton Scientific reports 5 (1), 16781, 2015 | 142 | 2015 |
Comparative cognition for conservationists AL Greggor, NS Clayton, B Phalan, A Thornton Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29 (9), 489-495, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
Toward wild psychometrics: linking individual cognitive differences to fitness A Thornton, J Isden, JR Madden Behavioral Ecology 25 (6), 1299-1301, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation P Brakes, EL Carroll, SRX Dall, SA Keith, PK McGregor, SL Mesnick, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1949), 20202718, 2021 | 118 | 2021 |