Social play in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implications for natural social systems and interindividual relationships

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 418-426

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult play; Egalitarian societies; Phylogenetic closeness; Play signals; Social assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PHYLOGENY; PLAY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33244457033     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20289     Document Type: Article

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