A comparative study of the variety and complexity of object manipulation in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-441

  Takeshita, Hideko ^a,b   Walraven, Vera ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Object manipulation; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000704661     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381377     Document Type: Review

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