How does stone-tool use emerge? Introduction of stones and nuts to naïve chimpanzees in captivity

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Hayashi, Misato ^a   Mizuno, Yuu ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Nut cracking; Object manipulation; Tool use

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATION; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUT; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTS; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 18344374078     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-004-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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