Elephants Classify Human Ethnic Groups by Odor and Garment Color

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1938-1942

  Bates, Lucy A ^a   Sayialel, Katito N ^b   Njiraini, Norah W ^b   Moss, Cynthia J ^b   Poole, Joyce H ^b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOTHING; COLOR; ELEPHANT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLOTHING; COLOR; CUES; ELEPHANTS; ESCAPE REACTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; ODORS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 36048960121     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.060     Document Type: Article

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