Spontaneous Pointing Behaviour in the Wild Pygmy Chimpanzee (Pan paniscus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 289-290

  Veà, Joaquim J ^a   Sabater Pi, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pan paniscus; Pointing; Wild pygmy chimpanzee

Indexed keywords

PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS;

EID: 0041094219     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021640     Document Type: Article

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