| Machiavellian intelligence: Social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans RW Byrne, A Whiten Behavior and Philosophy 18 (1), 1990 | 3875 | 1990 |
| Taking (Machiavellian) intelligence apart A Whiten, RW Byrne Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1988 | 2006* | 1988 |
| Learning by imitation: A hierarchical approach RW Byrne, AE Russon Behavioral and brain sciences 21 (5), 667-684, 1998 | 1343 | 1998 |
| The thinking ape: Evolutionary origins of intelligence RW Byrne Oxford University Press, 1995 | 1298 | 1995 |
| Machiavellian intelligence II: Extensions and evaluations A Whiten, RW Byrne Cambridge University Press, 1997 | 1245 | 1997 |
| Tactical deception in primates A Whiten, RW Byrne Behavioral and brain sciences 11 (2), 233-244, 1988 | 1158 | 1988 |
| Natural theories of mind: Evolution, development and simulation of everyday mindreading RW Byrne B. Blackwell, 1991 | 1131 | 1991 |
| Neocortex size predicts deception rate in primates RW Byrne, N Corp Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 522 | 2004 |
| Memory for urban geography RW Byrne The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 31 (1), 147-154, 1979 | 467 | 1979 |
| The thinking ape RW Byrne Oxford University Press, 1995 | 450 | 1995 |
| Hand preferences in the skilled gathering tasks of mountain gorillas (Gorilla g. berengei) RW Byrne, JM Byrne Cortex 27 (4), 521-546, 1991 | 427 | 1991 |
| The meanings of chimpanzee gestures C Hobaiter, RW Byrne Current Biology 24 (14), 1596-1600, 2014 | 423 | 2014 |
| The gestural repertoire of the wild chimpanzee C Hobaiter, RW Byrne Animal cognition 14 (5), 745-767, 2011 | 415 | 2011 |
| Cognitive evolution in primates: evidence from tactical deception RW Byrne, A Whiten Man, 609-627, 1992 | 397 | 1992 |
| Orangutans modify their gestural signaling according to their audience's comprehension EA Cartmill, RW Byrne Current Biology 17 (15), 1345-1348, 2007 | 382 | 2007 |
| The evolution of intelligence. RW Byrne Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 364 | 1994 |
| Gestural communication of the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): repertoire, intentionality and possible origins E Genty, T Breuer, C Hobaiter, RW Byrne Animal cognition 12 (3), 527-546, 2009 | 360 | 2009 |
| 11 The Technical Intelligence hypothesis: An additional evolutionary stimulus to intelligence? A Monkeys Machiavellian intelligence II: Extensions and evaluations 2, 289, 1997 | 351 | 1997 |
| Animal tool-use A Seed, R Byrne Current biology 20 (23), R1032-R1039, 2010 | 348 | 2010 |
| Dialects in wild chimpanzees? JC Mitani, T Hasegawa, J Gros‐Louis, P Marler, R Byrne American Journal of Primatology 27 (4), 233-243, 1992 | 347 | 1992 |