Grasping among Primates: precision, tools and evolutionary implications;La préhension chez les Primates : précision, outils et perspectives évolutives

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 597-602

  Pouydebat, Emmanuelle ^a   Berge, Christine ^a   Gorce, Philippe ^b   Coppens, Yves ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Catarrhines; Cebus; Grasping; Precision; Tool

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PRECISION ENGINEERING; TOOLS;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PRECISION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 54249086340     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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