For the past two centuries, non‐human primates have been reported to inspect, protect,
retrieve, carry or drag the dead bodies of their conspecifics and, for nearly the same amount …

In comparative thanatology, most reports for nonhuman mammals concern mothers'
behavioural responses to their dead offspring: most prominently, dead-infant carrying …

Over the last two decades, red ochre has played a pivotal role in discussions about the
cognitive and cultural evolution of early modern humans during the African Middle Stone …

The scientific study of death and dying—thanatology—is an interdisciplinary field of research
that includes biological, medical, forensic, psychological and social perspectives on the end …

While a growing number of animals demonstrate avoidance of areas associated with
conspecific death, the extent to which wild populations may use these experiences to learn …

Although some definitions of thanatology—broadly definable as the study of death and dying—
exclude nonhumans as subjects, recognition of the scientific value of studying how other …

Young children construct a biological conception of death, recognizing that death terminates
mental and bodily processes. Despite this recognition, many children are receptive to an …

Comparative thanatologists study the responses to the dead and the dying in nonhuman
animals. Despite the wide variety of thanatological behaviours that have been documented …

Information about responses to death in nonhuman primates is important for evolutionary
thanatology. This paper reviews the major causes of death in chimpanzees, and how these …

The study of non-human primate thanatology has expanded dramatically in recent years as
scientists seek to understand the evolutionary roots of human death concepts and practices …