Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) point to inform a human about the location of a tool

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-358

  Zimmermann, Felizitas ^a   Zemke, Franziska ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Gómez, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Flexibility; Orangutans; Pointing; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MANUAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PAN PANISCUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 61449099663     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0194-8     Document Type: Article

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