New wine in new bottles: Prospects and pitfalls of cultural primatology

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-183

  McGrew, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Cultural primatology; Material culture; Primatology; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548334636     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.204     Document Type: Review

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