Charting cultural variation in chimpanzees

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1481-1516

  Whiten, A ^a   Goodall, J ^b   McGrew, W C ^c   Nishida, T ^d   Reynolds, V ^e   Sugiyama, Y ^f   Tutin, C E G ^g   Wrangham, R W ^h   Boesch, C ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Gombe Stream Research Centre   (Tanzania)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Ctr Internationale Rech M   (Gabon)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0035565404     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901317367717     Document Type: Article

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