Precursors of morality in the use of the symbols "good" and "bad" in two bonobos (Pan paniscus) and a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Language and Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-224

  Lyn, Heidi ^a,b   Franks, Becca ^c   Savage Rumbaugh, E Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Language competent apes; Moral precursors; Primates; Value judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749087955     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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