Hand use and gestural communication in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-99

  Hopkins, William D ^a,c   Leavens, David A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SIGN LANGUAGE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SIGN LANGUAGE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032011485     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0735-7036.112.1.95     Document Type: Article

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