Culture in Bonobos? Between-species and within-species variation in behavior

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-571

  Hohmann, Gottfried ^a   Fruth, Barbara ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 4143127407     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377649     Document Type: Article

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