Ant fishing by wild chimpanzees is not lateralised

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Marchant, L F ^a   McGrew, W C ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elementary technology; Handedness; Insectivory; Pan troglodytes; Tooluse

Indexed keywords

ANT; FISHING; HANDEDNESS; INSECTIVORY; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

HOMO SAPIENS; ISOPTERA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33845527699     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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