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While ecological and evolutionary implications of innovativeness have been investigated intensely, the proximate mechanisms underlying this behaviour are less well understood. Intrinsic individual differences arising from differences in competitive abilities have been hypothesised to drive differences in innovation propensity (bad-competitor hypothesis). We here investigated the relationship between early-life competition among siblings as well as effects of several physiological and personality traits on innovation propensity in young wild cavies (\n                    <jats:italic>Cavia aperea<\/jats:italic>\n                    ). Our study aimed to test whether competitive situations in early life, such as being a small sibling or being born in larger litters, enhanced innovation propensity. Furthermore, we tested if intrinsic physiological or behavioural characteristics differed between solvers and non-solvers. 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