Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) excel in a one-trial spatial memory test, yet perform poorly in a classical memory task (accepted). Sehner, S., Mobili, F., Willems, E. P. & Burkart, J. M. Animal Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.05.636629

The ontogeny of play in a highly cooperative monkey, the common marmoset (accepted). Godard, A. M., Burkart, J. M., Brügger, R. K., Animal Behaviour, doi: 10.1101/2024.05.28.595935

Influences on exploratory behaviors in common marmosets: an evaluation of the classic novelty response paradigm. (accepted). Brügger, R., Gokcekus, S., Burkart, J. M. & Forss, S Animal Behaviour

Food sharing behavior in marmosets, but not squirrel monkeys, suggests sensitivity to immature skill (2025). Sehner, S., Willems, E. P., Baumeyer, A., Davis, L., van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. Journal of Comparative Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000399

The power of touch: From survival to enduring, prosocial cooperation. Griesser, M., Bennet, N. C., Burkart, J. M. Hart, D. W., Uomini, N., & Warrington, M. H. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.017

Beyond bigrams: call sequencing in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) vocal system. Bosshard, A. B., Burkart, J. M., Merlo, P., Cathcard, C., Townsend, S. W. & Bickel, B. (2024). Roy Soc Open Science https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240218

Neurodevelopmental timing and socio-cognitive development in a prosocial cooperatively breeding primate (Callithrix jacchus). Cerrito, P., Gascon, E., Roberts, A. C., Sawiak, S., J. & Burkart, J. M. (2024) Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado3486

Marmosets mutually compensate for differences in rhythms when coordinating vigilance. Phaniraj, N., Brügger, R. K. & Burkart, J. M. (2024). PLoS Computational Biology. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012104

Short-term memory, attentional control and brain size in primates. van Schaik, C., P., Jacobs, I., Burkart, J. M., Sauciuc, G.-A., Schuppli, C. & Song, Z. (2024).Royal Society Open Science. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.26.582100

Prosocial behaviour from a comparative perspective: Towards a unified conceptual framework. Kopp, K. S., Kanngiesser, P., Brügger, R. K., Daum, M. M., Gampe, A., Köster, van Schaik, C. P., Liebal, K. & Burkart, J. M. (2024). Animal Cognition. doi: 10.1007/s10071-024-01846-w

Kindheit – Eine Beruhigung. Jenni, O. (ed), with Baumann, H., Bleisch, B., Burkart, J. M., Daum, M., Fink, G., Häusermann, S., Reichenbach, R., Rüttimann, D., Simoni, H. & Süss, D. (2024). Zürich: Kein & Aber.

The emergence of emotionally modern humans. Hrdy, S. & Burkart, J. M. (2024). In: Al-Shawaf, L. & Schackelford, T. K. (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and the Emotions. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780197544754

„Othering“ bei nichtmenschlichen Primaten: Gruppenwechsel, Immigration und soziale Integration. van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2024). Leopoldina, Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, NAL-historica, 85.

Synchronization: When is it more than an epiphenomenon? A modelling approach. Burkart, J. M., Brügger, R. K., Phaniraj, N. (2023). Comment on "the evolution of social timing" by L. Verga, S. A. Kotz & A. Ravignani. Physics of Life Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2023.10.009

Convergent evolution of amygdala nuclei volumes in cooperatively breeding and domesticated species. Cerrito, P. & Burkart, J. M. (2023). Human Nature. doi: 10.1007/s12110-023-09461-3

Optimising source identification from marmoset vocalisations with hierarchical machine learning classifiers. Phaniraj, N., Wierucka, K., Zürcher, Y., & Burkart, J. M. (2023). The Royal Society Interface. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0399

Cumulative culture – the result of our double legacy as cooperatively breeding apes? Sehner, S. & Burkart, J.M. (2023). Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie. doi: 10.1026/0049-8637/a000268

Looking out for each other: synchronization and turn taking in common marmoset vigilance. Brügger, R. K., Willems, E. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2023). Animal Behaviour. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.11.007

Putting the cart before the horse? Expression before Gricean intentions. Burkart, J. M., Sehner, S., Brügger, R. K., Adriaense, J. & van Schaik, C. P. (2023). Commentary, Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X2200084XX

Is there a human fear paradox? A more thorough use of comparative data to test the fearful ape hypothesis. Burkart J.M. & de Oliveira Terceiro F. (2023).Commentary, Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X220018444

A convergent interaction engine: Vocal communication among marmoset monkeys. Burkart, J. M., Adriaense, J., Brügger, R. K., Miss, F. M., Wierucka, K. & van Schaik, C. P. & (2022). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0098

Towards integrating joint action research: Neurobiological, developmental and evolutionary perspectives on corepresentation. Miss, F. M., Adriaense, J. E. C. & Burkart, J. M. (2022). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, 104924.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104924

Collective problem solving in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Sehner, S., Willems, E. P., Vinicius, L., Migliano, A. B., van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2022). PNAS nexus (1(4), pgac 168 https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac168

Individual differences in coorepresentation in three monkey species in the joint Simon task: The role of social factors and inhibitory control. Miss, F. M., Sadoughi, B., Meunier, H. & Burkart, J. M. (2022) Animal Cognition. doi: 10.1007/s10071-022-01622-8

Primate origins of corepresentation and cooperative flexibility. Miss, F., Meunier, H., & Burkart, J. M. (2022). Journal of Comparative Psychology. doi: 10.1037/com0000315

No evidence for general intelligence in a fish. Aellen, M., Burkart, J. M., Bshary, R. (2022). Ethology. doi: 10.1111/eth.132755

Evolutionary origins of primate scleral colouration: the roles of cooperation and competition. Mearing, A. S., Burkart, J. M., Dunn, J., Street, S. E. & Koops, K. (2022). Scientific Reports (12 (1), 1-10,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18275-9

After short interbirth intervals, monkeys have higher infant mortality. Frye, B. M., McCoy, D. E., Kotler, J., Embury, A., Burkart, J. M., Burns, M., Eyre, S., Galbusera, P., Hooper, J., Idoe, A., López Goya, A., Mickelberg, J., Peromingo Quesada, M., Stevenson, M., Sullivan, S., Warneke, M., Wojciechowski, S., Wormell, D., Haig, D., & Tardif, S. D. (2022). iScience. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103724

How reliance on allomaternal care shapes primate development with special reference to the genus homo. Hrdy, S, B. & Burkart, J. M. (2022). In: Hart, S. L. & Bjorklund, D. F. Evolutionary Perspectives on Infancy. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-76000-7_8

The evolution of primate short-term memory. ManyPrimates, Aguenounon, G., Allritz, M., Altschul, D. M., Ballesta, S., Ballesta, A., ... & Zablocki-Thomas, P. (2022). Animal Behavior and Cognition, 9(4), 428-516.https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.09.04.06.2022

Monkey see, monkey feel? Marmosets reactions toward conspecifics’ arousal. Oliveira Terceiro, F. E., C. P. Araujo, A. & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Roy Soc Open Science. doi: 10.1098/rsos.2112555

Trade-offs between vocal accommodation and individual recognisability in common marmoset vocalizations. Zürcher, Y., Willems, E. P., & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95101-8

Parental reactions to a dying marmoset infant: Conditional investment by the mother, but not the father. Brügger, R. K. & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Behaviour. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10108

Reply to comment on “Nonadjacent dependency processing in monkeys, apes, and humans”. Watson, S. K., Burkart, J. M. & Schapiro, S. J., Lambeth, S. P., Mueller, J. L. & Townsend, S. W. (2021). Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj1517

Do marmosets understand others’ conversations? A thermography approach. Brügger, R. K., Willems, E. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8790

Marmoset monkeys overcome dyadic social dilemmas while avoiding mutual defection. Sánchez-Amaro, A., Burkart, J.M. & Rossano, F. (2021). Animal Behaviour. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.12.0200

Intentional communication: solving methodological issues to assigning first-order intentional signaling. Ben Mocha, Y., & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.126855

Higher social tolerance in wild versus captive common marmosets: the role of interdependence. de Oliveira Terceiro, F.E., Arruda, M.d., van Schaik, C.P. et al. (2021). Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80632-3

Active sharing of a novel, arbitrary innovation in captive cotton-top tamarins?. Gokcekus, S., Brügger, R. K., & Burkart, J. M. (2020). Behaviour. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-bja100499

Non-adjacent dependency processing in monkeys, apes and human. Watson, S. K., Burkart, J. M. & Schapiro, S. J., Lambeth, S. P., Mueller, J. L. & Townsend, S. W. (2020). Science Advances. doi: full/10.1126/sciadv.abb0725

Validity of Cognitive Tests for Nonhuman Animals: Pitfalls and Prospects. Schubiger, M. N., Fichtel, C., & Burkart, J. M. (2020). Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01835

A pleading for the relevance of comparative psychology for the understanding of human development. Haun, D., Liebal, K., Amici, F., Bender, A., Bohn, M., Bräuer, J. Buttelman,, D. Burkart, J. M. et al. (2020). Psychologische Rundschau.

The emergence of emotionally modern humans: Implications for language and learning. Hrdy Blaffer, S. & Burkart, J. M. (2020). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0499

Marmoset prosociality is intentional. Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2020). Animal Cognition. doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01363-6

Getting the Best of Both Worlds? Personality Method Validation in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Šlipogor, V., Burkart, J. M., Weiss, A., Bugnyar, T. & Koski, S. E. (2020). Journal of Comparative Psychology. doi: 10.1037/com0000188

What is human? An evolutionary reconstruction. van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2020) In: Der Mensch – Natur und Kulturwesen. In Sudhaus, W. & Wessel, A. (eds). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, gegr. 1773, Neue Folge, Band 54. Doi: 10.25671/GNF_Sber_NF_54

Cooperative Breeding. de Oliveira Terceiro, F. E. & Burkart, J. M. In: Vonk, J. & Schackelford, T. K. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (2020). Springer.

Ein Plädoyer für die Relevanz der Vergleichenden Psychologie für das Verständnis menschlicher Entwicklung Haun, D. M. M., K Liebal, F Amici, A Bender, M Bohn, Juliane Bräuer, D Buttelmann, J Burkart, T Cacchione, S Detroy, I Faßbender, C Fichtel, J Fischer, A Gampe, Russell D Gray, L Horn, Linda Ona, J Kärtner, J Kaminski, P Kanngießer, H Keller, M Köster, KS Kopp, H-J Kornadt, H Rakoczy, C Schuppli, R Stengelin, G Trommsdorff, E Van Leeuwen, C Van Schaik (2020). Psychologische Rundschau 71 (1), 40-41.

Positionspapier der Fachgruppe Entwicklungspsychologie: Ein Versuch einer Standortbestimmung. Wentura, D., Christina Bermeitinger, Andreas Eder, Carina G Giesen, Martha Michalkiewicz, Gesa Hartwigsen, Brigitte Röder, Alexander Lischke, Andrea Kübler, Paul Pauli, Karl-Heinz Renner, Matthias Ziegler, Marion Spengler, Hanna Christiansen, Tobias Richter, Elmar Souvignier, Anke Heyder, Olga Kunina-Habenicht, Silke Hertel, Jörn Sparfeldt, Norbert Bischof, Judith Glück, Daniel Haun, Katja Liebal, Federica Amici, Andrea Bender, Manuel Bohn, Juliane Bräuer, David Buttelmann, Judith M. Burkart, Trix Cacchione, Sarah DeTroy, Ina Faßbender, Claudia Fichtel, Julia Fischer, Anja Gampe, Russel Gray, Lisa Horn, Linda Oña, Joscha Kärtner, Juliane Kaminski, Patricia Kanngießer, Heidi Keller, Moritz Köster, Kathrin Susanne Kopp, Hans-Joachim Kornadt, Hannes Rakoczy, Caroline Schuppli, Roman Stengelin, Gisela Trommsdorff, Edwin van Leeuwen, Carel van Schaik, Gerd Jüttemann, Werner Loh, Markus Paulus (2020). Kommentare zu Daum, MM, Greve, W., Pauen, S., Schuhrke, B. und Schwarzer, G.(2020). Psychologische Rundschau, 71, 24-76.

Infrared thermography reveals emotions in common marmosets. Ermatinger, F. A., Brügger, R. K. & Burkart, J. M. (2019). Physiology and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112672

Demographics of a large dataset of Callitrichine monkeys: The influence of siblings. McCoy, D. E., Frye, B. M., Kotler, j., Embury A., Burkart, J., Burns, M., Eyre, S., Galbusera, P., Hooper, J., https://Idoe,A., López Goya, A., Mickelberg, J., Peromingo, M., Stevenson, M., Sullivan, S., Warneken, M., Wojciechowski, S., Wormell, D., Haig, D., and Tardif, S. D. (2019). American Journal of Primatology. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23038

Tierväter. Brügger, R. K. & Burkart, J. M. (2021). undKinder 107, 1-8.

Allomaternal care, brains and fertility in mammals: Who cares matters. Heldstab, S., Isler, K., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2019). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. doi: 10.1007/s00265-019-2684-x

Food sharing in three species of callitrichid monkeys: Individual differences and interspecific variation. Guerreiro Martins, E., Moura, A., Finkenwirth, C. & Burkart, J. M. (2019). Journal of Comparative Psychology. doi: 10.1037/com00001699

Schubiger, M. N. & Burkart, J. M. (2019). Does opportunistic testing bias cognitive performance in primates? Learning from drop-outs. PlosOne. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213727

Cognitive abilities in orangutans (Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus). Damerius, L. A., Burkart, J. B., van Noordwijk, M., Haun, B. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2019). Intelligence. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2018.10.008

The evolution of human normativity: the role of prosociality and conformity. In: Bayertz, K. & Roughley, N. (eds.). The normative animal? On the anthropological significance of social, moral, and linguistic norms. Oxford University Press.

Vocal accommodation in marmosets: Does similarity buffer tension during pair bond development?Zürcher, Y., Willems, E. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2018). In: Cuskle, C., Flaherty, M., McCrohon, L., Little, H., Ravignani, A. & Verhoef, T. (eds.). The Evolution of Langauge. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference Torun, Poland 2018, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 551-554. doi: 10.12775/3991-1.138

The moral capacity as a biological adaptation: A commentary. van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2018). Philosophical Psychology. doi: 10.1080/09515089.2018.1486608

Evolutionary origins of morality. Insights from nonhuman primates. J. M. Burkart, R. K. Brügger, C. P. van Schaik (2018). Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2018.00017

Why help? Relationship quality, not strategic grooming predicts helping in marmosets. Finkenwirth, C., & Burkart, J. M. (2018). Physiology and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.050

The comparative neuroprimatology 2018 (CNP-2018) road map for research on how the brain got language.Arbib, M. A., Aboitiz, F., Burkart, J., Corballis, M., Coudé,G., Hecht, E., Liebal, K., Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Pustejovsky, J., Putt, S., Rossano, F., Russon, A. E., Schoenemann, P. T., Seifert, U., Semendeferi, K., Sinha, C., Stout, D., Volterra, V., Wacewicz, S. & Wilson, B. (2018). Interaction Studies. doi: 10.1075/is.18013.arb

Co-representation during joint action in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus). Miss, F. & Burkart, J. M. (2018). Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/09567976187720466

Reverse audience effects on helping in cooperatively breeding common marmosets. Brügger, R. K., Kappeler-Schmalzriedt, T. & Burkart, J. M. (2018). Biology Letters. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0030

From sharing food to sharing information: cooperative breeding and the roots of language. Burkart, J. M., Guerreiro Martins, E., Miss, F., & Zuercher, Y. (2018). Interaction Studies. doi: 10.1075/is.17026.bur

The function of vocal accommodation in humans and other primates. Ruch, H., Zürcher, Y. & Burkart, J. M. (2017). Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12382

All for One and One for All Cooperative Breeding and Cognition. Burkart, J. M. In: Bueno-Guerra, N. & Amici, F. (eds.) Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition: A Comparative Guide (2018): 293. Cambridge University Press

Looking for unity in diversity: cooperative breeding in humans in a comparative perspective. Burkart, J. M., van Schaik, C. P. & Griesser, M. (2017). Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Marmoset personality structure. Koski, S., Buchanan-Smith, H. M., Ash, H., Burkart, J. M., Bugnyar, T., Weiss, A. (2017) Journal of Comparative Psychology

Population differences in vocalizations in marmoset monkeys: Evidence for vocal production learning? Zürcher, Y. & Burkart, J. M. (2017). International Journal of Primatology

The Evolution and consequences of sociality. Burkart, J. M. (2017). In: Call, J. APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology. Washingtion: American Psychological Association, 257-273

The special role of morality in the evolution of human normativity. van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2017). In: Bayertz, K. & Roughley, N. (eds.). The normative animal? On the anthropological significance of social, moral, and linguistic norms. Oxford University Press

Longterm-stability of relationship structure in family groups of common marmosets. Finkenwirth, C., Burkart, J. M. (2017). Physiology and Behavior

Orientation toward humans predicts cognitive performance in orangutans. Damerius, L. A., Forss, S. I. F., Kosonen, Z. K., Willems, E. P., Burkart, J. M., Call, J., Galdikas, B. M., Liebal, K., Haun, D. B., & van Schaik, C. P. (2017). Scientific Reports

The ecology of social learning in animals and its link with intelligence.van Schaik, C. P., Graber, S. M., Schuppli, C. & Burkart, J. M. (2017). The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Oxytocin is associated with infant-care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys. Finkenwirth, C., Martins, E., Deschner, T., & Burkart, J. M. (2016). Hormones and behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.008

Exorcising Grice’s ghost: an empirical approach to studying intentional communication in animals. Townsend, S. W., Koski, S. E., Byrne R. W., Slocombe, K. E., Bickel, B., Böckle, M., Braga Concalves, I., Burkart, J. M., Flower, T., Gaunet, F., Glock, H. J., Gruber, T., Jansen D. A. W. A. M., Liebal, K., Linke, A., Miklosi, A., Moore, R., van Schaik, C. P., Stoll, S., Vail, A., Waller, B., Wild, M., Zuberbühler, K. & Manser, M. B. (2016). Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12289

The evolution of general intelligence. Burkart, J. M., Schubiger, M. N. & van Schaik, C. P. (2016). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16000959

How task format affects cognitive performance: A memory test with two species of New World monkeys. Schubiger, M. N., Kissling, A. & Burkart, J. M. (2016). Animal Behaviour. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.08.005

The evolution and consequences of sociality. Burkart, J. M. (2016). In: APA Handbook of Comparative Psycholog (eds: Call, J., Burghardt, G., Pepperberg, I., Snowdon, C., & Zentall, T.)

Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality. Heldstab, S. A., Kosonen, Z. K., Koski, S. E. Burkart, J. M., van Schaik, C. P., & Isler, K. (2016). Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/srep24528

Oxytocin as a mediator of infant care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmosets. Finkenwirth, C. F., Martins, E., Deschner, T. & Burkart, J. M. (2016). Hormones and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.008

Revisiting the consequences of cooperative breeding. A response to Thornton & McAuliffe (2015). Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2016). Journal of Zoology. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12322

The reluctant innovator: Orangutans and the phylogeny of creativity. van Schaik, C. P., Burkart, J. M., Damerius, L., Forss, S., Koops, K., van Noordwijk, M. & Schuppli, C. (2016). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0183

The cooperative breeding perspective helps pinning down when uniquely human evolutionary processes are necessary – and when not. Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2016). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15000072

Highly affiliative dyads in common marmoset families show synchronized fluctuations in oxytocin. Finkenwirth, C. F., van Schaik, C. P., Ziegler, T. E. & Burkart, J. M. (2015). Physiology and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.07.034

Chimpanzees’ bystander reactions to infanticide an evolutionary precursor of social norms? Rudolf von Rohr, C., van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2015). Human Nature. doi: 10.1007/s12110-015-9228-5

Opposite effects of male and female helpers on social tolerance and proactive prosociality in callitrichid family groups. Burkart, J. M. (2015). Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/srep09622

Common marmosets show social plasticity and group-level similarity in personality. Koski, S. & Burkart, J. M. (2015). Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/srep08878

High emotional reactivity towards an experimenter affects participation, but not performance, in cognitive tests with common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Schubiger, M. N., Wüstholz, F. L., Wunder, A. & Burkart, J. M. (2015). Animal Cognition. doi: 10.1007/s10071-015-0837-5

Burkart, J. M., Allon, A., Amici, F., Fichtel, C., Finkenwirth, C., Heschl, A., Huber, J., Isler, K., Kosonen, Z., Martins, E., Meulman, E., Richiger, R., Rueth, K., Spillmann, B., Wiesendanger, S. & van Schaik, C. P. (2014). The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation. Nature Communications 5, 4747.

van Schaik, C. P., Burkart, J. M., Jaeggi, A. & Rudolf von Rohr, C. (2014). Morality as biological adaptation - An evolutionary model based on the lifestyle of human foragers. In: Christen, M., Fischer, J., Huppenbauer, M., Tanner, C. & van Schaik, C. (eds). Empirically Informed Ethics: Morality between Facts and Norms. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 65-84.

MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Nunn, C. L., Addessi, E., Amici, F., Anderson, R. C., Aureli, F., Baker, J. M., Bania, A. E, Barnard, A. M., Boogert, N. J., Brannon, E. M., Bray, E. E., Bray, J., Brent, L. J. N., Burkart, J. M., Call, J., Cantlon, J. F., Cheke, L. G., Clayton, N. S., Delgado, M. M., DiVincenti, L. J, Fujita, K., Herrmann, E., Hiramatsu, C., Jacobs, L. F., Jordan, K. E., Laude, J. R., Leimgruber, K. L., Messer, E. J. E., de A. Moura, A. C., Ostoji, L., Picard, A., Platt, M. L., Plotnik, J. M., Range, F., Reader, S. M., Reddy, R. B., Sandel, A. A., Santos, L. R., Schumann, K., Seed, A. M., Sewall, K. B., Shaw, R. C., Slocombe, K. E., Su, Y., Takimoto, A., Tan, J., Tao, R., van Schaik, C. P., Virányi, Z., Visalberghi, E., Wade, J. C., Watanabe, A., Widness, J., Young, J., Zentall, T. R. & Zhao, Y. (2014). The Evolution of Self-Control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 111 (20), 2140-2148.

Pontzer, H., Raichlen, D. A., Gordon, A. D., Schroepfer-Walker, K. K., Hare, B., O’Neill, M. C., Muldoon, K. M., Dunsworth, H. M., Wood, B. M., Isler, K., Burkart, J. M., Irwin, M., Shumaker, R. W., Lonsdorf, E. V. & Ross, S. R. (2014). Primate Energy Expenditure and Life History. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 111(4), 1433-1437.

Burkart, J. M. (2014). Eine evoutionsbiologische Perspektive der menschlichen Kognition: Die Rolle der gemeinschaftlichen Jungenaufzucht. In: Hügli, A. & Horn, A. (eds). Die Anthropologische Wende. Studia philosophica 72, Basel: Schwabe, 31-57.

Burkart, J. M. & Rueth, K. (2013). Preschool children fail primate prosocial game because of attentional task demands. PLOS One, 8(7), e68440.

Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2013). Group service in macaques, capuchins, and marmosets: A comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 127(2), 212-.227.

Kupferberg, A, Glasauer, S. & Burkart, J. M. (2013). Do robots have goals? How agent cues influence action understanding in nonhuman primates. Behavioral Brain Research, 246, 47-54.

Bullinger, A., Burkart, J. M., Melis, A., & Tomasello, M. (2013). Bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) prefer to feed alone. Animal Behaviour, 85, 51-60.
2012

Strasser, A. & Burkart, J. M. (2012). Can we measure brain-efficiency? An empirical test with common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 80, 26-40.

van Schaik, C. P., Isler, K. & Burkart, J. M. (2012). Explaining brain size variation: From social to cultural brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 16 (5), 277-284.

Rudolf von Rohr, C., Koski, S. E., Burkart, J. M., Caws, C., Fraser, O. N., Ziltener, A. & van Schaik, C.P. (2012). Impartial third party interventions in captive chimpanzees. PlosOne 7, e32494, 1-9.

Burkart, J. M., Kupferberg, A., Glasauer, S. & van Schaik, C. P. (2012) Even simple forms of social learning rely on intention attribution in marmoset monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 126 (2), 129-138.  Frank A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award for the best paper published in Comparative Psychology

Cacchione, T. & Burkart, J. M. (2012). Dissociation between seeing and acting: Insights from Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Behavioural Processes. 89 (1), 52-60.

van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2012). Social learning and evolution: The cultural intelligence hypothesis. In: Whiten, A., Hinde, R. A., Stringer, C. B., & Laland, K. N. (eds). Culture Evolves. Oxford, University press, 123-138.

Lehner, S. R., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2011). Can captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) be coaxed into cumulative build-up of techniques? Journal of Comparative Psychology. 125(4). 446-455.
2011

van Schaik, C. P & Burkart, J. M. (2011). Social learning and evolution: The cultural intelligence hypothesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 366, 1008-1016.

Rudolf von Rohr, C., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2011) Evolutionary Precursors of Social Norms in Chimpanzees: A New Approach. Biology and Philosophy 26, 1-30.

van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2011). Sind höhere Tiere mehr wert als niedere? Versuch zur Exegese. In: Sigg, H. & Folkers, G. (eds). Güterabwägung bei der Bewilligung von Tierversuchen. Die Güterabwägung interdisziplinär kritisch beleuchtet. 71-75.

van Schaik, C. P. & Burkart, J. M. (2011). Die Evolution des Menschen und seiner Kultur. In: Reyer, H.-U. & Schmid-Hempel, P. (eds.). Darwins langer Arm – Evolutionstheorie heute. 137-154.

van Schaik CP, Burkart JM (2010). Mind the Gap: Cooperative breeding and the evolution of our unique features. In: Kappeler PM, Silk J, editors. Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals: 477-496.

Kappeler, P. M., Silk, S. J., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2010) Primate Behavior and Human Universals: Exploring the Gap. In: Kappeler PM, Silk J, editors. Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals. 3-15.

Jaeggi, A., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2010). On the psychology of cooperation in humans and other primates: the natural history and experimental evidence of prosociality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 12, 365: 2723-2735.

Lehner, S. R., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2010). Innovations in captivity: Evaluating the geographic method for recognizing innovations. Primates 51, 101-118.

Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2010) Cognitive consequences of cooperative breeding. Animal Cognition, 31 (1), 1-19.  Most downloaded paper form Animal Cognition in 2011

Burkart, J. M., Hrdy, S. B. & van Schaik, C. P. (2009). Cooperative breeding and human cognitive evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology 18 (59), 175-186.

Burkart, J. M., Strasser, A. & Foglia, M. (2009) Trade-offs between social learning and individual innovativeness in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Animal Behaviour, 77, 1291-1301.

Burkart, J. M. (2009). Cooperative breeding and socio-cognitive abilities. In: Louise S. Röska-Hardy and Eva M. Neumann-Held (eds.). Learning from Animals? London: Psychology Press. 123-141.

Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. (2008). Determinanten innovativen Verhaltens bei nichtmenschlichen Primaten. In H. Schmidinger & C. Sedmak (Eds.), Topologien des Menschlichen. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. 275-298.

Burkart, J. M., Fehr, E., Efferson, C., & van Schaik, C. P. (2007). Other-regarding preferences in a nonhuman primate: Common marmosets provision food altruistically. PNAS 104 (50), 19762-19766.

Deaner, R. O., Isler, K., Burkart, J. M. & van Schaik, C. P. (2007). Overall brain size, and not encephalization quotient, best predicts cognitive ability across non-human primates. Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, 70 (2), 115-124.

Burkart, J. M. & Heschl, A. (2007). Perspective taking or behaviour reading? Understanding visual access in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Animal Behaviour, 73, 457-469.

Burkart, J. M. & Strasser, A. (2008). Primate behavior and human universals, Evolutionary Anthropology, 17, 85-87.

Burkart, J. M. & Heschl, A. (2006). Geometrical gaze following in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120 (2), 120-130.

Heschl, A. & Burkart, J. M. (2006). A new mark test for mirror self-recognition in non-human primates. Primates, 47, 187-198.