Proximate factors of different types of grooming hand-clasp in mahale chimpanzees: Implications for chimpanzee social customs

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-114

  Nakamura, Michio ^a   Uehara, Shigeo ^b  

^a JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 27744511376     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381007     Document Type: Article

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