Complex tool sets for honey extraction among chimpanzees in Loango National Park, Gabon

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 560-569

  Boesch, Christophe ^a   Head, Josephine ^a   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPLEXITY; HOMINID; HONEY; PRIMATE; STONE AGE; TOOL USE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; LOANGO NATIONAL PARK; OGOOUE MARITIME; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APOIDEA; HOMO; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67349086063     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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