Linguistic, cultural and cognitive capacities of bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-153

  Savage Rumbaugh, E Sue ^a   Fields, William M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Emergence of culture; Novelty; Sign systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346807     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0062003     Document Type: Article

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