Gestural communication of orangutans (pongo pygmaeus)

Gesture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-38

  Liebal, Katja ^a   Pika, Simone ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Facial expressions; Flexibility; Gestures; Pongo pygmaeus

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248691487     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.6.1.02lie     Document Type: Article

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