Human cognitive ecology: An instructive framework for comparative primatology

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-241

  Keller, Janet Dixon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Cognitive ecology; Higher primates; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CULTURE; ECOLOGY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 1842634954     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20017     Document Type: Review

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