J.S. (Jake) Brooker

Researcher
Animal Behaviour and Cognition

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., Kordon, S., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2025). Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 46(3), Article 106682. [DOI]
Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bryon, E., Rogers, A., Balaran, A., Motsch, P., & Brooker, J. S. (2025). Chimpanzees socially learn non-instrumental behaviour from conspecifics. Behaviour, 162(6-8), 459-476. [DOI] [Portal]
Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Kordon, S., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2025). Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), Article 242031. [DOI] [Portal]

Popularising publications

Brooker, J. S., & Clay, Z. (2025). Inside the sex lives of chimpanzees: it’s about much more than just reproduction. The Conversation. [DOI]
Brooker, J. S., & Clay, Z. (2025). Our ape cousins show us empathy has deep evolutionary roots – new research. The Conversation. [DOI]

2024

Scholarly publications

Kordon, S., Webb, C. E., Brooker, J. S., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2024). Factors shaping socioemotional trajectories in sanctuary-living bonobos: a longitudinal approach. Royal Society Open Science, 11(12), Article 240435. [DOI]
Sandars, G., Brooker, J. S., & Clay, Z. (2024). ChimpanSEE, ChimpanDO: Grooming and play contagion in chimpanzees. PloS one, 19(11), Article e0312467. [DOI]
Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., de Waal, F. B. M., & Clay, Z. (2024). The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions. Biological Reviews, 99(4), 1556-1575. [DOI]

2023

Popularising publications

Brooker, J. S. (2023). Chimpanzees are not pets, no matter what social media tells you. The Conversation. [DOI]

2022

Scholarly publications

Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., & Clay, Z. (2022). Primate Empathy: A Flexible and Multi-Componential Phenomenon. In Primate Cognitive Studies (pp. 505-531). Cambridge University Press. [DOI]

2020

Scholarly publications

Brooker, J. S., Webb, C. E., & Clay, Z. (2020). Fellatio among male sanctuary-living chimpanzees during a period of social tension. Behaviour, 158, 77-87. [DOI]

2016

Scholarly publications

Brooker, J. S. (2016). An investigation of the auditory perception of western lowland gorillas in an enrichment study: Auditory Perception of Gorillas. Zoo Biology, 35(5), 398-408. [DOI]