Age-related differences in the performance, diffusion, and maintenance of stone handling, a behavioral tradition in Japanese macaques

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-708

  Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a   Gunst, Noëlle ^b   Huffman, Michael A ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultural play behaviors; Demographic constraints; Inter troop variation; Macaca fuscata

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

HOMINIDAE; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 36549050339     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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