Spontaneous planning for future stone throwing by a male chimpanzee

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Osvath, Mathias ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; WEAPON; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; WEAPONS;

ANIMALIA; CORVIDA; HOMINIDAE; PAN;

EID: 61449122089     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.010     Document Type: Letter

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