Pan the tool-maker: Investigations into the stone tool-making and tool-using capabilities of a bonobo (Pan paniscus)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 81-91

  Toth, Nicholas ^a   Schick, Kathy D ^a   Savage Rumbaugh, E Sue ^b   Sevcik, Rose A ^b   Rumbaugh, Duane M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Language Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Experimental archaeology; Oldowan; Primate technology; Stone tools; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002426144     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1993.1006     Document Type: Article

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