Continuing investigations into the stone tool-making and tool-using capabilities of a bonobo (pan paniscus)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 821-832

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; TOOL USE;

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 0033404929     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0350     Document Type: Article

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