Chaînes opératoires and resource-exploitation strategies in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) nut cracking

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-163

  Carvalho, Susana ^a   Cunha, Eugénia ^a   Sousa, Cláudia ^b   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee archaeology; Technology; Tool making; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPLOITATION; MATERIAL CULTURE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; BOSSOU; DIECKE; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 44749089713     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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