Body imitation in an enculturated orangutan (pongo pygmaeus

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-119

  Call, Josep ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042110219     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019697201300001821     Document Type: Article

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