Ethological study of early language

Human Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 189-207

  Gardner, R A ^a   Gardner, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee sign language; Language origin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032321962     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436504     Document Type: Article

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