'What's in a picture?' A comparison of drawings by apes and children

Semiotica

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages 181-214

  Zeller, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ape art; Drawing; Evolution of art; Interspecies comparisons; Metacommunication

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149711908     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/SEM.2007.056     Document Type: Review

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