The ontogeny of manual skill in wild chimpanzees: Evidence from feeding on the fruit of Saba florida

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-168

  Corp, Nadia ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036000963     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390252902328     Document Type: Article

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