Use of numerical symbols by the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): Cardinals, ordinals, and the introduction of zero

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 193-199

  Biro, Dora ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardinals; Chimpanzee; Numerical competence; Ordinals; Zero

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005812690     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710100086     Document Type: Article

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