Why do chimpanzees hunt and share meat?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 915-924

  Mitani, John C ^a   Watts, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; NGOGO; UGANDA;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0034993594     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1681     Document Type: Article

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