Tool use, aye-ayes, and sensorimotor intelligence

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-16

  Sterling, Eleanor J ^a   Povinelli, Daniel J ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aye aye; Daubentonia; Extractive foraging; Primate intelligence; Sensorimotor intelligence; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032993106     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021669     Document Type: Review

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