Cultural Panthropology

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-105

  Whiten, Andrew ^a   Horner, Victoria ^a   Marshall Pescini, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Culture; Imitation; Social learning; Traditions

Indexed keywords

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0037724259     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10107     Document Type: Review

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