Assessing the Validity of Ape-Human Comparisons: A Reply to Boesch (2007)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-452

  Tomasello, Michael ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; APTITUDE; CHILD; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349119554     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.4.449     Document Type: Article

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