Silent invasion: Imanishi's primatology and cultural bias in science

Animal Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-299

  De Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ART; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PHILOSOPHY; PORTRAITS; PREJUDICE; PRIMATES; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1442354089     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0197-4     Document Type: Review

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