Sociality, Evolution and Cognition

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Bates, Lucy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MAMMALS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 34547858151     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.069     Document Type: Review

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