Orangutans Modify Their Gestural Signaling According to Their Audience's Comprehension

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1345-1348

  Cartmill, Erica A ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; GESTURE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPREHENSION; GESTURES; HUMANS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 34547478710     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.069     Document Type: Article

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